10 Insane Geography Facts About Ancient Australia's Strangest Corner

The Kimberley covers 423,000 square kilometres, larger than Germany and France combined, with a population of 40,000 people. It sits at the point where Asia ends and Australia begins, likely the entry point for the first Australians 50,000 years ago. It contains tens of thousands of rock art sites, most of which have never been formally studied. Its coastline has a tidal range taller than a three storey building and thousands of islands that have never been named. Scientists used mud wasp nests to confirm its rock art is more than twice the age of the Egyptian pyramids. A painting tradition found nowhere else on Earth has continued here without interruption for thousands of years. And the dating research currently underway suggests this corner of Australia may hold the oldest continuous art record anywhere on the planet.

This video travels through ten insane geography facts about the Kimberley, from its scale and coastline, to its ice age occupation evidence, to the rock art that may rewrite the global story of when and where human art began. If you enjoy Australian geography, ancient history, rock art, indigenous culture, archaeology, or the story of how this continent was first shaped and settled, this video covers one of the most extraordinary and least understood landscapes on Earth.

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