Deeper dig into ‘giant wombat’ bone marks raises more questions than answers
Channel: Griffith University
Date: 2020-04-17

In new research, a Griffith University archaeologist has resolved a long unanswered question surrounding a specific artefact – a tooth from one of these rhino-sized Diprotodons. Found in 1984, the tooth was found to have a number of cut marks on one side – potentially providing some of the first archaeological evidence for Indigenous use of materials collected from megafauna. Dr Michelle Langley, from Griffith’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution and affiliated with Forensics & Archaeology, School of Environment and Science, examined and reanalysed the marks on the incisor – currently on display in the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Melbourne Museum, Victoria.

Find out more at https://news.griffith.edu.au/2020/04/21/deeper-dig-into-giant-wombat-bone-marks-raises-more-questions-than-answers/