Archaeologists unearth 35,000-year-old knives in Australia

“We're filling in a picture of who the first Australians were and what they were doing where they were really, really early”

Asia Pacific News.Net Tuesday 8th April, 2008 Washington, April 8 : Archaeologists have unearthed ancient knives that date back to at least 35,000 years, in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, ... via Asia Pacific News .Net

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knives like these have also been found in abundance in indiana,...lavellois points, cores,hand axes,burins,backed blades, scrapers,ochre pencils of red,yellow, and black as well as bone tools and effigies. all artifacts common to neanderthal sites found here in the u.s. exciting times in the quest the for the earliest of inhabitants of many countries.