Man looking for toilet stumbles upon 49,000 year old human settlement

[Miya]

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/aboriginal-australian-searching-toilet-stumbles-49000-evidence-earliest-human-settlement-a7394731.html[/url]

[QUOTE]An Australian man searching for a toilet stumbled across the oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in existence.

The chance discovery happened while Adnyamathanha elder Clifford Coulthard was surveying gorges in the area and “nature called”.

He came across the arid site, known as Warratyi, which showed Aboriginal Australians settled there 49,000 years ago, 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.

The shelter, found 550 kilometres north of Adelaide, also contains the first reliably-dated evidence of human interaction with large or giant animals, known as megafauna.

Lead author Giles Hamm, a consultant archaeologist and doctoral student at La Trobe University, found the site with Mr Coulthard.

"A man getting out of the car to go to the toilet led to the discovery of one of the most important sites in Australian prehistory,” Mr Hamm told ABC. [/QUOTE]

[chenhonkster]

Australia is a magical place.

[Mort Stroodle]

okay but did it have a bathroom?

[Blizzerd]

reminds me of this;

[URL]http://buttersafe.com/comics/2008-10-23-Detour.jpg[/URL]
[QUOTE]
The shelter, found 550 kilometres north of Adelaide, also contains the first reliably-dated evidence of human interaction with large or giant animals, known as megafauna. [/QUOTE]

Whats the evidence then? the article doesn't seem to give more info unless i skimmed over it too fast.

[Popularvote]

Was it number one or two?

[GrizzlyBear]

I'm more confused why he was walking around in the middle of bumfuck nowhere looking for a functioning toilet, what stopped him doing his shit on any spot?

Still, this is kinda cool.

[Ding Dong]

"you got a toilet bro?"

"yeah man its a little old though"

"no worries mate"

[Intenso]

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;51303090]I'm more confused why he was walking around in the middle of bumfuck nowhere looking for a functioning toilet, what stopped him doing his shit on any spot?

Still, this is kinda cool.[/QUOTE]

You'd know why if you read past the first sentence in the OP. What the fuck, dude?

[quote]The chance discovery happened while Adnyamathanha elder [B]Clifford Coulthard was surveying gorges in the area and “nature called”[/B]. [/quote]

There, I even bolded it for you so you don't have to read the whole thing.

[Sprockethead]

[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51303030]reminds me of this;

[URL]http://buttersafe.com/comics/2008-10-23-Detour.jpg[/URL]

Whats the evidence then? the article doesn't seem to give more info unless i skimmed over it too fast.[/QUOTE]

Might have been these cunts they were talking about. Megalania.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nxovAwu.jpg[/IMG]

Basically 7 metre long, pissed off super-komodo that wanted you for dinner 10000+ years ago.

[Jericho_Rus]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;51303181]Might have been these cunts they were talking about. Megalania.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nxovAwu.jpg[/IMG]

Basically 7 metre long, pissed off super-komodo that wanted you for dinner 10000+ years ago.[/QUOTE]

what a nice australian dog

[Freezorg]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;51303181]Might have been these cunts they were talking about. Megalania.

[t]https://i.imgur.com/nxovAwu.jpg[/t]

Basically 7 metre long, pissed off super-komodo that wanted you for dinner 10000+ years ago.[/QUOTE]

That image makes them look 25m long, not 7m long

[WhyNott]

[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;51303277]That image makes them look 25m long, not 7m long[/QUOTE]

maybe he meant 7m tall

[matt000024]

[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51303030]reminds me of this;

[URL]http://buttersafe.com/comics/2008-10-23-Detour.jpg[/URL]

Whats the evidence then? the article doesn't seem to give more info unless i skimmed over it too fast.[/QUOTE]

[quote] Adult Diprotodon (Diprotodon optatum) a megafauna herbivore weighing approximately 3 tons and 4 meters in length. Part of a Diprotodon bone was found in the Warratyi rock shelter, likely the leftovers from a meal over 45,000 years ago.
[/quote]
[t]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Image-9.jpg[/t]
[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/first-discovery-of-50000-year-old-human-settlements-in-australian-interior/[/url]

[Chris™]

Well shit, archaeologists must be pissing themselves over this.

[theevilldeadII]

i am very concern about this did he find the toilet?

[Kube]

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;51303181]Might have been these cunts they were talking about. Megalania.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nxovAwu.jpg[/IMG]

Basically 7 metre long, pissed off super-komodo that wanted you for dinner 10000+ years ago.[/QUOTE]

I'm surprised Australia hasn't brought these back into existence with the kind of place it is.

[Dr.C]

Reminds me of this comic
[t]http://buttersafe.com/comics/2008-10-23-Detour.jpg[/t]

[Mrgrim333]

I bet you he shit himself with surprise!

[Saturn V]

i'd prefer the title "man goes for a piss, finds a 49,000 year old human settlement"

[Cranial Toxicity]

So...he did take a shit in it then

[Npc_Hydra3]

[QUOTE=Saturn V;51303609]i'd prefer the title "man goes for a [I][B]shit[/B][/I], finds a 49,000 year old human settlement"[/QUOTE]

[Anax]

[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51303030]reminds me of this;

[URL]http://buttersafe.com/comics/2008-10-23-Detour.jpg[/URL]

Whats the evidence then? the article doesn't seem to give more info unless i skimmed over it too fast.[/QUOTE]

Probably tool marks from flaying on bones. Totally guessing though, that's just a really common way to confirm that humans hunted something. Didn't see any real evidence in that article.

[Saturn V]

[QUOTE=Npc_Hydra3;51303925][/QUOTE]

piss sounds more casual

i mean you stop for one like every 2 minutes so it's like entering your kitchen and stepping into fucking hell

[Sableye]

the guys writing the history books will have a lovely time wording this one

[GrizzlyBear]

[QUOTE=Furioso;51303177]You'd know why if you read past the first sentence in the OP. What the fuck, dude?

There, I even bolded it for you so you don't have to read the whole thing.[/QUOTE]

Jeez, I know why he wanted to use a toilet, I was just wondering why he thought he'll find one in a area so desolate he ended up finding a ancient settlement no one's seen before.

[Hail Satan]

To be fair all of Australia is pretty desolate.

[Intenso]

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;51305072]Jeez, I know why he wanted to use a toilet, I was just wondering why he thought he'll find one in a area so desolate he ended up finding a ancient settlement no one's seen before.[/QUOTE]
Ah I'm sorry. After rereading your post I realized I misinterpreted it. My apologies for reacting so harshly.

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;51305072]Jeez, I know why he wanted to use a toilet, I was just wondering why he thought he'll find one in a area so desolate he ended up finding a ancient settlement no one's seen before.[/QUOTE]

This is the Australian outback lol. When you say you're going to find a bathroom you almost always mean 'I'm going to find a bush to shit behind'

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=LtKyle2;51303482]I'm surprised Australia hasn't brought these back into existence with the kind of place it is.[/QUOTE]

What shouldn't surprise you, considering the native fauna they have now, is that these didn't make it. :v:

[myon]

[QUOTE]"A man getting out of the car to go to the toilet led to the discovery of one of the most important sites in Australian prehistory,”[/QUOTE]

this [I]needs[/I] to be written on his tombstone when the day comes