Dr Claire Asher<p>Over half a million people may have lived in the lost landscapes north of Australia, before the land was consumed by the ocean around 18,000 years ago. Now, the race is on to uncover the hidden treasures of this Atlantis-like land - my latest feature for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@sciencefocus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefocus</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/new-hunt-for-real-world-atlantis-australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/</span><span class="invisible">new-hunt-for-real-world-atlantis-australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atlantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantis</span></a></p>