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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/139642| Title: | Do recent DNA studies refute a 65 kya arrival of humans in Sahul? |
| Authors: | Veth, Peter Matisoo-Smith, Lisa Brumm, Adam Groucutt, Huw S. Scerri, Eleanor M. L. |
| Keywords: | Human evolution -- Oceania Prehistoric peoples -- Australia DNA -- Analysis Australia -- Antiquities Human beings -- Migrations -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Citation: | Veth, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., Brumm, A., Groucutt, H. S., & Scerri, E. M. (2025). Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?. Archaeology in Oceania, 60(2), 191-194. |
| Abstract: | Sahul offers a key reference point for elucidating the global spread of our species and the development of complex behaviour, including intentional long-distance sea crossings. Debate continues on when Homo sapiens first arrived in Sahul, as demonstrated by the current paper. Among the very limited excavations of appropriately aged deposits yielding scattered indications of early (i.e., pre 50 thousand years ago [ka]) Homo sapiens in Sahul and island southeast Asia (e.g., Gaffney et al. 2024; Oktaviana et al. 2024), is the key site of Madjedbebe in northern Australia. Clarkson et al. 2017) suggest that Madjedbebe shows H. sapiens were in Australia by ca. 65 ka. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/139642 |
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