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Sahul (continent)

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Short description: A prehistoric continent that consisted of Australia, New Guinea, Tasmania and Seram


Map of Sahul and Sunda

Sahul was a prehistoric continent that consisted of Australia, New Guinea, Tasmania and Seram.[1][2][3][4]

Sea level rise since the Last Glacial Maximum.

Sahul became partially submerged starting around 18,000 years ago.[5] Sea levels continued to rise until around 5000 BCE.

Sahul and Sunda were points of early human migrations after leaving Africa.[6] Recent research points to a planned migration of hundreds of people using bamboo rafts, which eventually landed on Sahul.[7][8][9]

The Sahul continent takes its name from the Sahul Shelf.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "What Did Australia Look Like When the First People Arrived?". https://www.thoughtco.com/sahul-pleistocene-continent-172704. 
  2. ↑ Carmack, Robert M. (11 October 2013). Anthropology and Global History: From Tribes to the Modern World-System. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780759123908. https://books.google.com/?id=lQR1AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=prehistoric+continent+sahul#v=onepage&q=prehistoric+continent+sahul&f=false. 
  3. ↑ Cochrane, Ethan E.; Hunt, Terry L. (8 August 2018). The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199925070. https://books.google.com/?id=JZRODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=prehistoric+continent+sahul#v=onepage&q=prehistoric+continent+sahul&f=false. 
  4. ↑ O'Connor, Sue; Veth, Peter Marius; Spriggs, Matthew (1 February 2007). The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia. ANU E Press. ISBN 9781921313042. https://books.google.com/?id=KSkIKYztV_AC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=seram+island+continent+sahul#v=onepage&q=seram+island+continent+sahul&f=false. 
  5. ↑ "Island-hopping study shows the most likely route the first people took to Australia". https://phys.org/news/2018-04-island-hopping-route-people-australia.html. 
  6. ↑ Mascie-Taylor, D.B.A.C.G.N.; Mascie-Taylor, C.G.N.; Lasker, G.W. (1988). Biological Aspects of Human Migration. Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780521331098. https://books.google.com/books?id=eJD5XJlviukC&pg=PA18. Retrieved 2018-08-09. 
  7. ↑ Michael Bird (Jun 2019). "Early human settlement of Sahul was not an accident". Scientific Reports 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-42946-9. PMID 31209234. 
  8. ↑ Michael Westaway (Jul 2019). "The first hominin fleet". Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0928-9.epdf?referrer_access_token=PA76dahms_1XTJnjn6lbctRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OhaZU2rDQxxnW7pRhHxUzdPKFDe4x2pNM8UMQJJH2Mmu04w_2fphtd8kAmaX4EWbxv1eB8QfUyM8s7QqsqEBEAAkBrCIL-v8ANceCTpbSZJWBnNHe1rfQLsrykKpD3u6wqjZGzVIhbqWS6IKYUFmMkYSmJVVxw5KE2JPGJwuTlOYFXsj4UAifN0IbGvgVCV_QFzpeyKrr1FP5Eehm_EuBg738XZpIvnpSy3Nhbs-QyvJdnyGHw3Fv-dcjUbhAoXjKXTZmXIM9lWk1ADc9ZzIQK&tracking_referrer=www.newscientist.com. 
  9. ↑ Graham Lawton (Jan 25, 2020). "The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia". New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532660-600-the-epic-ocean-journey-that-took-stone-age-people-to-australia/. 




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