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Not really anthro., but don't know where to put this. No rude suggestions, please!
16 January 2014 Last updated at 13:29 ET
Does tiny kangaroo show Portuguese got to Australia first?
An illustrated manuscript offered for sale in New York may support the theory that Portuguese explorers reached Australia ahead of the Dutch.
The processional, containing texts and music for use in worship, was copied in Portugal between 1580 and 1620, and contains an image of an animal that looks like a kangaroo or wallaby.
The first Dutch ship is believed to have reached Australia in 1606.
But this drawing of a kangaroo - native only to Australia - may precede that.
It would suggest that images of Australian fauna were circulating in Portugal at the time of the book's production.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25763688
