New Traces of First Humans to Australia Found!

The continent of Australia, which was first discovered and mapped by European explorers in the 1600s, was of course not the first time it started hosting humans in these years. Even migrations to this continent from other continents, tens of thousands of years before the first discovery had happened.

Research to date has shown that many human populations via islands in Southeast Asia proved that he had set foot on the continent. A new study is about migrations to the continent. a brand new light kept it.

Migrations started 86 thousand years ago!

Scientists are in a cave in Laos, between what is now Vietnam and Thailand. Two different human fossils between 68 and 86,000 years old. discovered. The age of the fossils was determined by five different dating methods.

Moreover, the cave where the discovery was made was also very important. The cave, named Tam Pa Ling, had previously hosted the discovery of several human fossils and jawbone fossils. These fossils between 46,000 and 70,000 years was.

The new discovery made in the cave shows that people who lived tens of thousands of years ago migrated out of Africa. that they don’t just follow seasides and islands also pointed. Some of the people also followed the woodlands and rivers.

Of course, the thing that tied the business to Australia was the location of the cave. It was known that this region was used in migrations to Australia. Of course, it is a mystery at the moment whether the group including the people whose fossils were found reached Australia. Still, this discovery is considered the oldest trace of migrations to Australia.

Of course, in these migrations made tens of thousands of years ago, people did not have to cross huge seas. At that time, Australia and Papua New Guinea were united and “beachThere was a mega-continent known as ”.