Monday, October 21, 2013

National Geographic Article- Answering Questions

How the first modern humans reached Australia and New Guinea:


Migrated out of Africa
Went along the coast of Southeast Asia (Sunda, one land mass), and reached Australia and New Guinea (Sahul) 

Sea level was much lower

Indicating that settlers had knowledge of seafaring 

46,000 to 41,000 years ago 
If dates are correct, Australia was populated 10,000 years before Europe. 
-Humans avoided cold, and favored tropical regions to which they adapted from Africa 

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