India, May 6 -- A fresh examination of landscape evolution casts new light on migration of the first humans to Sahul - the expansive single landmass including Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania that existed up to 75,000 years ago.

An interdisciplinary team from The University of Sydney, Southern Cross University, Flinders University and Universite Grenoble-Alpes used a newly developed landscape evolution model that accounts for climatic evolution from 75,000 to 35,000 years ago, and it offers a fresh take on Pleistocene archaeology by examining the impact of a changing landscape on the dispersion of first humans in Sahul.

"The new landscape evolution model allows for a more realistic description of the terrains and environments inhabite...