Ningaloo research to tell 60,000-year-old story as new technology uncovers deeper past
ABC Pilbara / By Louise Miolin and Verity Gorman
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Scientists say the caves on the North West Cape near Ningaloo are a prime location for research.(Supplied: University of Western Australia)
The Ningaloo coast is famed for its idyllic beaches and diverse wildlife. But that's not all it has to offer.
According to a group of scientists, the area is a prime location for research into human life up to 60,000 years ago.
Archaeologists from the University of Western Australia this week completed a seven-week dig — the first in a series of excavations planned for the Nyinggulu Archaeology Project, which is expected to span several years.
Archaeologist Peter Veth said the area around the North West Cape was uniquely set up to offer valuable insight into the past.
"Of the whole coast of Australia, this shelf is the steepest, so it's the ideal sampling point to record tens of thousands of years of marine resource use, the local ecologies, and the human habitation pattern," Professor Veth said.
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...I am laughing. I remember when "being a Neanderthal" meant you had no intelligence or class and were a lumbering individual. Now, ever since our DNA traces back to these people, suddenly they are smart, inventive, and fascinating. 
But what you say is very fascinating to me as well. The more we learn about them the more we learn about ourselves, 
Just saying' it is amusing as to how we scholastically have begun to include them into our "more intellectual circle" so to speak
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