[Theoria]

'Mr Harris said the remains had revealed the man was seven feet tall and had approximately size 15 feet and it had been a ritual burial.'

This one says around 6'5 to 7'4 :Ancient 'Kiacatoo Man' reburial today

[Theoria]

Interesting, Yowie, etc ping.

[AndyTheBear]

We’re also doing uranium series dating on the bone and that shows they are significantly older again – there’s a difference of about eight to 10,000 years.

Could somebody knowledgeable help me out here? From what little I have read about uranium testing, I did not think it could be done directly to bones, but was done to igneous rock in the vicinity of the bones. And also I was under the impression that the slowness of the half life of most of the uranium cycle's isotopes made made precision to within tens of thousands of years unrealistic.

[AndyTheBear]

An Aussie mate of mine, who is part aborigine has told me that it is aborigine tradition not to speak of the dead....so lets whisper on this thread ok?

[Happy Rain]

The Commonwealth countries like to call the descendants of their early residents “aboriginal” which is silly unless the current "aborigines" can trace their ancestry to the very “first” occupants of the region they live in—which can never be absolutely verified since conquests and migrations have been a human trait since we booted Neanderthals of their prime real estate.

“Native” doesn't work as it applies to all born in a certain area.
Here, “American Indian” is more accurate even if it was a Columbus gaffe. “Early American” is better but it does not contain the political power of “native” or “earliest” even though both are literally wrong.

So, headlining that the remains of an “Early Australian” (one may even add “very early”) were found would be true journalism.

picking nits can be fun

[Jonty30]

What I find interesting about all these very ancient skeletons is how big they were.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I personally believe we all migrated out of Sweden.

As those who moved into Africa, their melanin turned their skin dark.

[blam]

'First Americans Were Australian'