We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago
- Written by: Tristan Salles, Associate professor, University of Sydney
Examples of Australian landscapes.UnsplashSeventy 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....