Australia was the last continent to experience the Agricultural Revolution. But there is a lack of consensus over what we should call pre-agricultural Australians

The word “Aboriginal” comes from Aborigines , the Latin name of a primitive tribe that once lived in Italy .

When the British began colonising other lands, they used “aborigine” to refer to the people they came across.

Over time, the definition of Aboriginal Australians has become increasingly ambiguous.

To understand and preserve Australia 's past, we need more precise terminology.

It’s unknown how many people lived in pre-colonial Australia and Tasmania before Europeans arrived in 1788 .

Many foragers initially thought the Europeans were dead relatives who had come back to life.

By 1933 , there were only 36,000 remaining Australian foragers left, together with 44,000 former foragers or descendants of foragers.

Mungo Man , 40,000-year-old fossilised skeleton, was one of the world’s most significant archaeological finds.

In 2001 , scientists claimed to have extracted DNA that showed that.

that showed.