Prehistory

How humans populated Australia
Humans started to live in Australia more than 40,000 years ago. There are several theories about how these people reached Australia.

One of these theories is based on the concept of land bridges. Land bridges occur when the sea level is extremely low. A land connection can be a result of such level, which allows animals and plants to colonise new lands. A lower sea level can be caused by an ice age, as the water will be stored in the form of ice and snow. This results in a drop of the sea level. Humans crossed these land bridges and populated Australia.

Another theory is based on a more recent discovery. There has been a scientific discovery of DNA-material that suggests a different model for human migration. The results of this research show that the found DNA-material is 400,000 years old. This indicates that the Australian Aboriginals are much older than any other racial lineage, and questions the original migration model.

 

Australian stones ‘n bones
If you would start digging in Australian ground, you would find a lot of fossils. Australia has a unique and interesting timeline, hidden underneath its surface.

Due to the presence of a relatively isolated location, Australia owns a well-preserved fossil record. Australia has been isolated for more than 3 billion years, and with that isolation comes an almost continuous timeline.