Aboriginal astronomers: world's oldest? (fwd link)

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Aboriginal astronomers: world's oldest?

BY: BRIDGET BRENNAN | MAY-28-2010

Indigenous perspectives are adding insight to western astronomical
understanding of the southern night sky.

THERE’S GROWING EVIDENCE THAT Australia’s indigenous people could be the
world’s oldest astronomers, according to CSIRO astrophysicist Ray Norris,
who is based at the Australia Telescope National Facility in Sydney.

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http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/indigenous-belief-enlightens-astronomers.htm
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