Early Australian Hunters and Gatherers (jan 1, 8000 BC – jan 1, 1000)
Description:
Small mobile communities; moved around for food
Heavy plant-based diets (impressively varied).
Used plants for medicinal purposes as well.
For hunting:
Used axes, spears, clubs, nets, lassos, snares, boomerangs.
They hunted kangaroos (!!!), rats, and lots of stuff in between, and caught fish and birds.
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Date:
jan 1, 8000 BC
jan 1, 1000
~ 9005 years