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We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago
The Conversation
26/04/2024
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Abstract
Seventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time – approximately 65,000 years ago – the first humans arrived in Sahul, a place previously devoid of any hominin species.
Due to the patchy nature of the archaeological record, researchers still don’t have a full picture of the routes and speed of human migration across the region.
In research published in Nature Communications, our team has reconstructed the evolution of the landscape during this time. This allowed us to better understand the migration strategies of the first peoples in what is now Australia, along with the places they lived.
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- Title
- We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago
- Creators
- Tristan Salles - The University of SydneyIan Moffat - Flinders UniversityLaurent Husson - Université Grenoble AlpesManon Lorcery - Université Grenoble AlpesRenaud Joannes-Boyau - Southern Cross University, Science
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013201113602368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article