Leavesley, Matthew G. (2018) Heads in the clouds: early humans in New Guinea and the archaeology of the Ivane Valley. Journal of the History Teachers' Association of NSW, 52 (4). pp. 14-17.

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Abstract

It is postulated that modern humans speciated in Africa sometime after 300,000 years ago, but most likely closer to 200,000 years ago. According to the 'Out of Africa' theory they began to leave Africa and move across Eurasia around 100,000 years ago. They arrived in the Indonesian Archipelago by 70,000 years ago and reached Sahul, the ancient continent that included Australia and New Guinea as a single landmass, about 50,000 years ago. Recent genetic evidence (Malaspinas et al 2016) suggests that Aboriginal Australians and New Guineans are derived from this group of people who reached Indonesia. Today's Indonesians moved into the region some time later.

Item ID:	57266
Item Type:	Article (Non-Refereed Research)
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2019 23:13
FoR Codes:	21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210106 Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl New Zealand) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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