Humans Reached Australia 60,000 Years Ago, New DNA Study Confirms
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Humans Reached Australia 60,000 Years Ago, New DNA Study Confirms

Genetic data strengthens the case that humans first settled Sahul around 60,000 years ago, using multiple seafaring routes. A large research collaboration between the University of Huddersfield’s Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton’s Centre for Maritime Archaeology has helped clarify when and how modern humans, Homo sapiens, first settled New Guinea and Australia. [...]