Our new study used archaeological data and information preserved in ancient mud. We looked at how the vegetation of ...

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study of fossil pollen trapped in ancient mud.

Thanks to the mud sign and a fire they lit on the marshes, they were soon spotted by a search plane flying overhead A couple have been rescued from a swamp in northern Australia after writing ...

He's hopeful the mud-wasp dating technique can now be used at more locations right across the north of Australia, and perhaps at other rock art locations in the Americas and Europe. Gavin Broad is ...