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  • Leaving around 70,000 years ago, Australian Aboriginal peoples were some of the first humans to migrate out of Africa.
  • Anthropologists recognize Australian Aboriginal peoples as possessing the longest continuing religion and art forms.
  • Less than 3 percent of Australia's population today is made up of Australian Aboriginal peoples.

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Find out how Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are taking steps to reclaim and bury their ancestors' remains
Distinctive features of Australia's Indigenous languages
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Learn about efforts to preserve Australia's Aboriginal languages, especially Yawuru
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A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
British anthropologist
Géza Róheim
American ethnologist
Spencer, Sir Baldwin
Sir Baldwin Spencer
British anthropologist
W.E.H. Stanner
Australian anthropologist
Francis James Gillen
Australian anthropologist