Ice Age Australians Sheltered In Caves

ABC Science ^ | 9-24-2007 | Anna Salleh

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Crazieman]

All those campfires caused the ice age to end, huh?

[blam]

GGG Ping. (ahem)

[bmwcyle]

Earth cycles, who knew?

[mikrofon]

“Gimme another cold one, mate!”

[SMARTY]

The original Gilligan’s Island

[norwaypinesavage]

I really doubt that the Ice Age travel bureaus were pushing trips to the highland caves. It is far more likely that the people of the plains simply died off, and the only survivors were those accustomed to the cold weather. So the statement “flocking to caves in one of the most inhospitable parts of the continent” is either naive, or misleading.

[Just another Joe]

Other ice age humans lived in shelters made of bone, wood, sod, and clay that they built themselves.
Human made caves, if you will.

[djf]

Article makes a couple assumptions.

Different time, different climate. Might not have been anywheres near as windy then.

[Smokin' Joe]

Any coastal settlements would have been inundated by rising sea levels as the the ice age ended. It is likely that the continental shelves contain a wealth of such material, but it is all under water now.

[stm]

Throw another wooly mammoth on the barbie mate!

[RightWhale]

• protect themselves from the cold when hunting in the open.

  Hunting what in the extreme cold?

• They're frightened of their dark recesses

  The postgrad has issues.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Throw another wooly mammoth

No mammoths or any large placental mammals in Australia, but I guess you know that.

[Publius6961]

Where’s that “Captain Obvious” graphic??

[VOA]

bump

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All those campfires caused the ice age to end, huh?

The Tasmanians had lost the ability to make and use fire.