Well, the seafarers reching Australia/Neuginea 40,000 years ago certainly had a much short distance to travel on the open sea. I can't find any good visualizati

Well, the seafarers reching Australia/Neuginea 40,000 years ago certainly had a much short distance to travel on the open sea. I can't find any good visualizations now but the difference between about 100 kilometers of open sea and multiple thousand is enormous. And going over the bering street wasn't that easy either like through the much harsher climate back then.