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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by LanceH on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:13PM (#27988326)
"What would happen if someone blew up the mining company office due to a "paperwork oversight"?"

46,000 years from the company's last use, right? I mean, just to make the comparison complete.

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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by joshuaissac on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:21PM (#27988450)
The caves were used by archaeologists more recently than that.

46,000 years ago was the first habitation, not the last.

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Re:Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal cav... by worik on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:48PM (#27988838)
They have been used for 40,000 years. Not 40,000 ago. People live around there, have done for a very long time, and they still do.
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