The ancient landmass known as Sahul - which includes Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea - was home to groups of humans as early as 60,000 years ago, according to genetic data. This finding suggests that our ancestors may have made it Down Under just ten millennia or so after first setting foot outside of Africa, which is pretty impressive if you think about it. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Recent genomic studies have suggested that Indigenous groups across the region can trace their ancestry back only to around 50,000 years ago . However, not everyone accepts this scenario - which is referred to as the “short chronology” for the peopling of Sahul - as some archaeological discoveries in the area have been dated to e

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