H5N1 novel written report from ANU indicates the almost probable road the ancestors of Aboriginal people took to motility into Commonwealth of Australia for the get-go fourth dimension tens of thousands of years ago.
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| Gwion Gwion stone fine art site, Kimberley, WA [Credit: Peter Eve] |
"We've created a treasure map of sorts alongside the probable road across province as well as H2O that these incredible people took to reach Australia," said Ms Kealy, a Ph.D. scholar at the School of Culture, History as well as Language as well as an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity as well as Heritage at ANU.
"We've circled all of the islands that nosotros desire to explore farther to detect archaeological bear witness to exam if this is inwards fact the path that they took.
"Archaeologists convey silent to explore almost of Indonesia's northern islands for human settlements predating the oldest sites flora inwards Australia. These islands could fit the fundamental to the mystery of how the get-go humans made it to Australia's shores."
The findings challenge a pop theory that these early on adventurers travelled from Southeast Asia, through Republic of Indonesia as well as Timor as well as and then across ocean to reach Australia's shores as well as province that is role of the Northern Territory today.
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| Map of isle Southeast Asia showing possible routes to Commonwealth of Australia [Credit: Shimona Kealy et al. 2018] |
Ms Kealy said the oldest dates for human describe of piece of employment on the Australian-New Republic of Guinea continent (known every bit Sahul) represented the earliest, indirect bear witness for ocean faring past times humans anywhere inwards the world.
"This written report helps to nation the Australian story, peculiarly for Indigenous people, as well as acknowledges the bravery, conception as well as maritime technologies as well as skills of these early on modern humans," Ms Kealy said.
The islands straight N as well as due west of Sahul (known every bit Wallacea) were never connected to the mainland, requiring multiple successful H2O crossings eastward from mainland Southeast Asia (Sunda).
"These people hopped their agency along these islands, likely looking for a house to alive where they would convey access to reliable nutrient staples as well as other resources—the visibility betwixt islands would convey been real favourable inwards price of enabling this adventurous spirit," Ms Kealy said.
Co-lead researcher Professor Sue O'Connor from ANU said the proposed option road through Timor onto the northwest coast of Commonwealth of Australia is straight off seen every bit less probable every bit a consequence of this study's least-cost pathway modelling.
"The suggested road through Timor is also considered less probable given comprehensive archaeological bear witness indicates the earliest human settlements inwards Timor are much younger than those flora inwards Madjedbebe inwards Arnhem Land inwards the Northern Territory," said Professor O'Connor, a researcher at the School of Culture, History as well as Language as well as a Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity as well as Heritage at ANU.
The written report is published inwards the Journal of Human Evolution.
Source: Australian National University [October 31, 2018]
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