I was having a very silly conversation with a person who will not be named becasue they are completely stupid, who completely believed that the aboriginal race was only around a few hundred years before the European settlers came. so after I corrected their dumb-ass, stating that not only were the aboriginal race around longer then a few hundred years, but that they are actually the oldest race on the planet, we have been around for nearly 70, 000 years, now im not saying that we are the oldest race to ever live on this planet being earth is 4.5 billion years old im sure there were other races older then us thousands or even millions of years before us but we are the oldest to ever be discovered by archeologist...here is proof. Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands.[3] Indigenous Australians migrated from Africa to Asia around 70,000 years ago[4] and arrived in Australia around 50,000 years ago.[5][6] The Torres Strait Islanders are indigenous to the Torres Strait Islands, which are at the northernmost tip of Queensland near Papua New Guinea. The term "Aboriginal" is traditionally applied to only the indigenous inhabitants of mainland Australia and Tasmania, along with some of the adjacent islands, i.e.: the "first peoples". Indigenous Australians is an inclusive term used when referring to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders. The earliest definite human remains found to date are that of Mungo Man, which have been dated at about 40,000 years old, but the time of arrival of the ancestors of Indigenous Australians is a matter of debate among researchers, with estimates dating back as far as 125,000 years ago.[7] There is great diversity among different Indigenous communities and societies in Australia, each with its own unique mixture of cultures, customs and languages. In present-day Australia these groups are further divided into local communities.[8] Although there were over 250–300 spoken languages with 600 dialects at the start of European settlement, fewer than 200 of these remain in use,[9] and all but 20 are considered to be endangered.[10] Aboriginal people today mostly speak English, with Aboriginal phrases and words being added to create Australian Aboriginal English. The population of Indigenous Australians at the time of permanent European settlement has been estimated at between 318,000[11] and 1,000,000[12] with the distribution being similar to that of the current Australian population, with the majority living in the south-east, centred along the Murray River.[13] if you didnt know this well now you do.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:13:37 +0000
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