Xavier Carah

TL;DR: The results of new excavations conducted at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in northern Australia, set a new minimum age of around 65,000 years ago for the arrival of humans in Australia, the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa, and the subsequent interactions ofmodern humans with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

TL;DR: The stone artefacts and stratigraphic details support previous claims for human occupation 50-60 ka and show that human occupation during this time differed from later periods, as well as discussing the implications of these new data for understanding the first human colonisation of Sahul.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of recent archaeological fieldwork in the Mafia Archipelago, which aims to understand these early adaptations and situate them within a longer-term trajectory of island settlement and pre-Swahili cultural developments.

TL;DR: A review of studies based on wood charcoal analyses that have been implemented in Oceania, and then present anthracological principles and methods developed in other parts of the world can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the historical and theoretical treatment of the Neolithic problem and the archaeological evidence for subsistence practices in northern Sahul spanning the past 50-60,000 years.