Description: Anna and Amber make a long-overdue trip to Australia this week. How did humans get there? How long ago did they arrive? What have they been doing since then? We cover these and other big brain-exploding topics for your education and entertainment! Links * Humans First Arrived in Australia 65,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests (The New York Times) [reached-australia-aboriginal-65000-years.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/science/humans-reached-australia-aboriginal-65000-years.html] * Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago (Nature) [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22968] * The first genomic history of Australia's peopling (ScienceDaily) [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160921131116.htm] * The spread of people to Australia (Australian Museum) [https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/human-evolution/the-spread-of-people-to-australia/] * Mungo Lady and Mungo Man (Visit Mungo) [http://www.visitmungo.com.au/who-was-mungo-man] * A 42,000-year-old Man Finally Goes Home (Smithsonian) [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mungo-man-finally-goes-home-180972835/] * Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander collection timeline (Australian Museum) [https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/timeline/] * Explore cultural objects, art & technology (Australian Museum) [https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/] * Identifying Aboriginal Sites (Aboriginal Heritage Office) [https://www.aboriginalheritage.org/sites/identification/] * Indigenous Archaeology: Historical Interpretation from an Emic Perspective (Nebraska Anthropologist) * Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (AIATSIS) [https://aiatsis.gov.au/research/ethical-research/guidelines-ethical-research-australian-indigenous-studies] * 'Dreamtime' and 'The Dreaming' – an introduction (The Conversation) Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm! [http://lyceum.fm/]