Sticks found preserved in fireplaces in a cave southeastern Australia that date back to about to the end of the Last Ice Age, indicate that the ritual intended to cure or hurt has been passed down ...

A chemical analysis of the sticks found that they were 11,000 and 12,000 years old, respectively, meaning they were used during the end of the last Ice Age in Australia, according to the release.

During the last Glacial Period (LGP or Last Ice Age), which began about 120,000 years ago and ended about 11,500 years ago, up to 500,000 First Nations people lived on bountiful Australian lands, ...

After 128 years of exploration and fossil excavation, researchers have finally unearthed the skull of Genyornis newtoni.

During the last Ice Age, Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea formed a single landmass, called Sahul. It was a strange and often hostile place populated by a bizarre cast of giant animals.

The diverse artifacts found on the island also reveal intriguing insights about the movement of people between Australia's mainland and the island, especially during the peak of the last ice age ...

“The first time I read an Aboriginal story from Australia that seemed to recall the rise of sea levels after the last ice age, I thought, No, I don’t think this is correct,” Nunn says.

An Australian tree that had its heyday in the last ice age is now teetering on the brink of extinction — but ecologists say it could still have a future in Australian gardens, thanks to a ...

During the last ice age, Australia and Tasmania were connected by a huge land bridge, which allowed people to reach Tasmania on foot. Due to low sea levels at the time, Palawa/Pakana (Tasmanian ...