Australian scientists unearth a fragment of the world’s oldest ground edge axe
Q. Australian scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest ground edge axe created how many years ago?- Published on 12 May 16a. 48,000
b. 39,000
c. 49,000
d. 41,000
ANSWER: 49,000
Created up to 49,000 years ago, it marks the first time humans arrived in the continent.
- The latest discovery was made by archeologists from Australian National University in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
- ANY archaeologist Sue O’Connor indicated the axe dates between 46 to 49,000 years around the first time people arrived on the continent.
- In Japan such axes appeared 35,000 years ago. In most countries in the world, they arrived with agriculture around 10,000 years ago.
