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Kangaroo Painting Thought to be 17,300 Years Old
HeritageDaily ^
| February 23, 2021
| University of Melbourne
Posted on 04/05/2021 2:33:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Using the radiocarbon dating of 27 mud wasp nests, collected from over and under 16 similar paintings, a University of Melbourne collaboration has put the painting at 17,500 and 17,100 years old. “This makes the painting Australia’s oldest known in-situ painting,” said Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Damien Finch who pioneered the exciting new radiocarbon technique. “This is a significant find as through these initial estimates, we can understand something of the world these ancient artists lived in. We can never know what was in the mind of the artist when he/she painted this piece of work more than 600 generations ago, but we do know that the Naturalistic period extended back into the Last Ice Age, so the environment was cooler and dryer than today.”
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: australia; carbon12; carbon14; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; pleistocene; radiocarbondating; rcdating
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To: deport
They mixed kangaroo dung with wasp mud.
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04/05/2021 3:59:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
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04/05/2021 4:03:22 PM PDT
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LeoTDB69
To: SunkenCiv
Impossible... We are not that old... :)
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04/05/2021 4:10:09 PM PDT
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Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: SunkenCiv
That went right over my head.
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posted on
04/05/2021 4:27:09 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Repeal The 17th; SunkenCiv
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04/05/2021 4:40:13 PM PDT
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null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: LeoTDB69
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04/05/2021 4:50:10 PM PDT
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aMorePerfectUnion
(I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
To: Seruzawa
LMAO! Sharks with lasers. LOL
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04/05/2021 4:53:41 PM PDT
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SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Repeal The 17th; null and void
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04/05/2021 5:14:52 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: cornfedcowboy
—’I’ve eaten kangaroo meat. It’s terrible.”
The Jack-in-the-Box’s burgers just aren’t what they used to be.
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04/05/2021 5:20:05 PM PDT
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DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder how much evidence of our civilization will be found in 17,000 years
I am going to guess not very much.
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04/05/2021 5:20:13 PM PDT
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algore
To: SunkenCiv; null and void
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04/05/2021 5:31:37 PM PDT
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Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: algore
Makes ya wonder what else existed 17K ago of which no trace survived.
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posted on
04/05/2021 5:58:39 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Repeal The 17th
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04/05/2021 6:14:41 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Kangaroo Painting Thought to be 17,300 Years Old
To: SunkenCiv
Who signed the painting?
Van Grog
To: Redcitizen
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04/05/2021 7:22:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: minnesota_bound
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posted on
04/05/2021 7:22:32 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
no it's not ineffective before 4004 BC. Lol !!! Good one ...
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04/06/2021 5:05:02 AM PDT
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11th_VA
(Et Tu Fox News ?)
To: SunkenCiv
Radiocarbon dating has been much improved.
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