An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose
- Written by Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
The size of the first population of people needed to arrive, survive, and thrive in what is now Australia is revealed in twostudies published today.
It took more than 1,000 people to form a viable population. But this was no...