Episode
Reconstructing Ancient Superhighways with Stefani Crabtree and Devin White
COMPLEXITY · Jul 16, 2021 · 1 h 06 min
Seventy thousand years ago, humans migrated on foot across the ancient continent of Sahul — the landmass that has since split up into Australia and New Guinea. Mapping the journeys of these ancient voyagers is no small task: previous efforts to understand prehistoric migrations relied on coarse estimates based on genomic studies or on spotty records of recovered artifacts. Now, progress in the…