Nature Communications (Apr 2021)
Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul
- Corey J. A. Bradshaw,
- Kasih Norman,
- Sean Ulm,
- Alan N. Williams,
- Chris Clarkson,
- Joël Chadœuf,
- Sam C. Lin,
- Zenobia Jacobs,
- Richard G. Roberts,
- Michael I. Bird,
- Laura S. Weyrich,
- Simon G. Haberle,
- Sue O’Connor,
- Bastien Llamas,
- Tim J. Cohen,
- Tobias Friedrich,
- Peter Veth,
- Matthew Leavesley,
- Frédérik Saltré
Affiliations
- Corey J. A. Bradshaw
- Global Ecology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
- Kasih Norman
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Sean Ulm
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Alan N. Williams
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Chris Clarkson
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Joël Chadœuf
- UR 1052, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
- Sam C. Lin
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Zenobia Jacobs
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Richard G. Roberts
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Michael I. Bird
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Laura S. Weyrich
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Simon G. Haberle
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Sue O’Connor
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Bastien Llamas
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Tim J. Cohen
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Tobias Friedrich
- Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
- Peter Veth
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Matthew Leavesley
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
- Frédérik Saltré
- Global Ecology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21551-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Advanced ecological modelling reveals how Sahul (Australia and New Guinea) was first peopled, suggesting the most probable routes and surprisingly rapid early settlement of this continent by anatomically modern humans starting 50,000 to 75,000 years ago.