The Australian people, when discovered, were only emerging from palaeolithicculture, while the neighbouring Tasmanians were frankly palaeolithic.
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The stages of Palaeolithicculture now recognised are as follows:-
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The Palaeolithicculture seemed to come to an abrupt close, and the Neolithic culture was sharply distinguished from it.
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Results suggest that rates of Palaeolithicculture change may have been underestimated and that there is a direct relationship between increasing technological complexity and diversity.