Archaeologists say they have found ancient banana farms once managed by Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
The sites, which date back 2,145 years, were found on a tiny island north of the mainland in the Torres Strait.Researchers found banana microfossils, stone tools, charcoal and a series of retaining walls at the site.
It further dispels the myth that Australia’s native peoples were solely “hunter-gatherers”, researchers said.
China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space and a display of its technological prowess and ambition.
China’s largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5 Y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. (0441 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan.
The probe is expected to reach Mars in February……………
