3 ms·

My understanding is that the evidence points to Australia being reached by sight during times of lower sea levels but I can't find the exact publication I first

by Affric 3y ago

My understanding is that the evidence points to Australia being reached by sight during times of lower sea levels but I can't find the exact publication I first read it in.

eesmith 3y ago
From https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal > In either case, the first settlement would have occurred during an era of lowered sea levels, when there were more-coextensive land bridges between Asia and Australia. Watercraft must have been used for some passages, however, such as those between Bali and Lombok and between Timor and Greater Australia, because they entail distances greater than 120 miles (200 km). This is the earliest confirmed seafaring in the world. From https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618211001248 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821... > For all of hominin history the Australian continent has been separated by at least 70 km of water from other coastlines. Its colonisation about 50,000 years ago can therefore be considered the first true hominin ‘migration’ as opposed to the ‘dispersals’ that happened before it.\ "Wallace's line" is the faunal boundary line between Asia and Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line > However, with the rise of sea levels, both were split in two shelves. Consequently, for over 50 million years, deep water between those two large continental shelf areas created a barrier that kept the flora and fauna of Australia separated from those of Asia.
- Affric 3y ago
  Okay, I went and found the link regarding visibility in the timor straight with lowered sea levels. > These islands were directly visible from high points on the islands of Timor and Roti and as close as 87km. https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-than-50-000-years-ago-96118 https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-tha... Here's the direct link to the paper. It's from 2017. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379117308478 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02773...

by Affric 3y ago

My understanding is that the evidence points to Australia being reached by sight during times of lower sea levels but I can't find the exact publication I first read it in.

eesmith 3y ago

From https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal > In either case, the first settlement would have occurred during an era of lowered sea levels, when there were more-coextensive land bridges between Asia and Australia. Watercraft must have been used for some passages, however, such as those between Bali and Lombok and between Timor and Greater Australia, because they entail distances greater than 120 miles (200 km). This is the earliest confirmed seafaring in the world. From https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618211001248 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821... > For all of hominin history the Australian continent has been separated by at least 70 km of water from other coastlines. Its colonisation about 50,000 years ago can therefore be considered the first true hominin ‘migration’ as opposed to the ‘dispersals’ that happened before it.\ "Wallace's line" is the faunal boundary line between Asia and Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line > However, with the rise of sea levels, both were split in two shelves. Consequently, for over 50 million years, deep water between those two large continental shelf areas created a barrier that kept the flora and fauna of Australia separated from those of Asia.

Affric 3y ago
Okay, I went and found the link regarding visibility in the timor straight with lowered sea levels. > These islands were directly visible from high points on the islands of Timor and Roti and as close as 87km. https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-than-50-000-years-ago-96118 https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-tha... Here's the direct link to the paper. It's from 2017. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379117308478 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02773...