Tasmanian Tiger-Thylacine rock art dated on mainland Australia at less than 1000 years old- 2026.

'Scientists have long believed the dog-sized marsupial predators, along with the Tasmanian devil, were driven to extinction on the mainland over 3,000 years ago, following the arrival of a new apex predator, the dingo.But paintings inside caves at northwest Arnhem Land in the Top End, showing both species, have been dated by Griffith University researchers at just 1,000 years old.The project’s lead, the university’s chair of rock art research, Professor Paul Taçon, shared two theories about the age of the paintings.'"The artists who made the more recent paintings may have seen actual living thylacines, and some of these creatures may have survived longer in Arnhem Land,” Professor Taçon said.“Alternatively, artists may have been inspired by earlier paintings.”   • Northern Territory not screening for Tasma...  My footage i took of a Tasmanian tiger on mainland Australia in 1998.   • Tasmanian tiger 1998 footage South Gippsla...  https://www.sci.news/archaeology/tasmanian-tiger-tasmanian-devil-paintings-northern-australia-14657.html https://www.envirodna.com/resources/n...