65. Australian Aborigines
In the nineteenth century, the Aborigines were classed as the most primitive people on Earth. Not practising agriculture, animal husbandry, metallurgy or weaving, these hunters-gatherers were considered to have no artistic sensibility. Later, anthropological field work showed that this was not the case and revealed refined, sophisticated cultures.
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