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Exploration & Migration
28 Historical Migrations That Shaped the Modern Human World
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Humans reached Australia 65,000 years ago using primitive seafaring rafts.
Ancient rock art depicting early indigenous life in Australia.
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Early humans crossed the treacherous Wallace Line to reach Sahul before any other continent. This migration required sophisticated maritime knowledge long before agriculture existed.
"A journey of 50 miles across open ocean 65 millennia ago."
This event proves that Stone Age navigation was far more advanced than previously assumed by modern historians.
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