c. 50,000 BCE
Transportation
Southeast Asia and Oceania
Seafaring to Sahul
Deliberate open-water crossings carried people to Australia and New Guinea.
Why it mattered
The first navigation, requiring watercraft and voyages out of sight of land.
Stone Age
50,000 BCE
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