Re: origin of australian aborigines

Opiowade (opiowade@aol.com)
29 Nov 1994 17:56:53 -0500

In article <rmark.1136510981A@rsg1.er.usgs.gov>, rmark@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov
(Robert Mark) writes:

:New Zealand was populated MUCH later by Polynesians! Do you mean Papua
:New
:Guinea? Dates are now appearing much earlier than 30,000 yrs in
:Australia.

I'm certain you have more specifics than I. I am trying to recall this
information from college courses taken over 5 yrs ago. I actually made
the speculation that New Zealand was populated at around the same time,
but, well, I got caught with my proverbial pants down. I am curious,
though about the earlier dates emerging concerning the populating of
Australia. Where were these people coming from? and what kind of evidence
are they uncovering?