HUMAN DISPERSAL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAHUL

Peter Hiscock; Kim Sterelny

doi:10.4324/9781003427483-7

HUMAN DISPERSAL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SAHUL

Peter Hiscock, Kim Sterelny

School of Philosophy

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Humans arrived in the ice age continent of Australia and New Guinea some 50,000–70,000 years ago. This chapter examines the arrival and dispersal of forager populations across the central and southern portions of the landmass. Over time population size increased and people spread. Adaptations to different landscapes involved development of regionally different economies, technologies, and cultural systems. Early sites display behavioural diversification and novelty resulting from somewhat independent evolutionary trajectories within the continent.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	In the Footsteps of our Ancestors
Subtitle of host publication	Following Homo Sapiens into Asia and Oceania
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	125-137
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040046722
ISBN (Print)	9781032547824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003427483-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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