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The best path across the desert is rarely the straightest. For the first human inhabitants of Sahul the super-continent that underlies modern Australia and New Guinea camping at the next spring, stream, or rock shelter allowed them to thrive for hundreds of generations. Those who successfully traversed the landmarks made their way across the continent, spreading from their landfall in the Northwest across the continent, making their way to all corners of Australia and New Guinea.
By simulating the physiology and decisions of early way-finders, an international team of archaeologists, geographers, ecologists, and computer scientists has mapped the probable superhighways that led to the first peopling of the Australian continent some 50,000-70,000 years ago. Their study, published in ....

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