GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Polynesian Triangle, Lake Mungo Remains, Rano Kau
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Finishing off the map : heading now to australia. Paleolithic settlement of australia, new zealand, oceania. Colonization of sahul: australia supercontinent, more land is exposed easier for people to travel across by boat. Dark grey is the extended land masses room for people to travel around and move. Idea was that people island hoped to sahul and colonized it that way. Rottnest island: 30 kya (as old as 70 kya) All in northern part of continent correlates with how people thought these people moved into the continent ( i. e. the navigation by boats) Lake mongo is in the southeastern part of the continent. Close to coastlines in line with their adaptations to fishing. Many large taxa go extinct i. e. diprotodon (hippo like) From fire-intolerant to fire-tolerant (required) species of plants. Massive increases in charcoal in lakes i. e. in lynch"s crater. Starting to think about the after life. Dated 50 kya (as old as 100 kya)
