At Australian National University, researcher, Sue O’Connor started a search at an area where colonizers who were from Asia are believed to have landed. This area is an island of the coast of Australia. Since O’Connor had already found early fishing technology from this area, she thought that the cave which local hunters led her to might have given shelter to ancient fisherman. A team of farmers were hired by O’Connor to find out if her wonderings were in fact true. 10,000 pieces of bone, shell, and stone were found a month later. It was not possible for the team to know what the pieces contained inside. The deep and old sediment layers had hardened. Chunks containing artifacts studded the surface. O’Connor brought out many fish bones when she brought the slabs into her lab and used acetic acid to treat them. Many of the older bones were from sharks, tuna, and many other types of fish. The fish bones dated back to 42,000 years ago! These fish are thought to have been brought to the cave without any boats or fancy equipment.

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