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We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago

  • Written by: Tristan Salles, Associate professor, University of Sydney
We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years agoExamples of Australian landscapes.Unsplash

Seventy thousand years ago, the sea level was much lower than today. Australia, along with New Guinea and Tasmania, formed a connected landmass known as Sahul. Around this time – approximately 65,000 years ago – the first humans arrived in Sahul, a place previously devoid of any hominin species....

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