First discovered and mapped by European explorers in the 1600s, the continent of Australia wasn’t the first time it began to host humans during these years, of course. Even migrations to this continent from other continents, tens of thousands of years before the first discovery has happened.

Research to date has shown that many human populations through islands in Southeast Asia proved 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. discovers. The age of the fossils was determined by five different dating methods.

In addition, the cave where the discovery was made was also very important. Named Tam Pa Ling, the cave had previously hosted the discovery of several human fossils and jawbone fossils. These fossils between 46,000 and 70,000 years used to be.

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

What connected the company to Australia, of course, was the location of the cave. This region was known to be used in migrations to Australia. Of course, it’s a mystery at this point whether the group, including the people whose fossils were found, made it to Australia. Still, this discovery is considered the oldest trace of migrations to Australia.

Of course, these migrations of tens of thousands of years ago did not require humans to cross huge seas. At that time, Australia and Papua New Guinea were united and “beachThere was a megacontinent known as ”.