Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Tasmania's first multi-storey building using timber is taking shape on the city skyline, as pressure grows to use alternatives to greenhouse-gas-intensive materials like steel.

Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. Phys.org.