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Archaeologists discover at least 9,000-year-old underwater sites in Australia with stone tools

Archaeologists have discovered two submerged sites off Murujuga in Western Australia, where stone tools offer clues to how Indigenous people used the landscape before rising sea levels covered it. Located 11 to 15 metres underwater, the sites contain stone artefacts made from local rock and materials sourced from more than 20 kilometres away.

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