An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCUBradshaw, Corey J.A.;Weyrich, Laura S.;Bird, Michael;Ulm, Sean
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The size of the first population of people needed to arrive, survive, and thrive in what is now Australia is revealed in two studies published today. It took more than 1,000 people to form a viable population. But this was no accidental migration, as our work shows the first arrivals must have been planned. Our data suggest the ancestors of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Melanesian peoples first made it to Australia as part of an organised, technologically advanced migration to start a new life.
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