People used boats to settle Australia as early as 50,000–60,000 BCE, indicating boat technology was already well known during the period humans were moving through or out of Beringia.
Sources
- Native American - Prehistory, Tribes, Culture | Britannica (britannica.com)
- https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-than-50-000-years-ago-96118 (theconversation.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-humans-reached-australia-around-60000-years-ago-via-two-routes-genetic-analysis-suggests-180987821/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://geog.ku.edu/news/article/2020/05/08/study-suggests-remnants-bering-strait-and-other-human-migration-paths-exist-underwater- (geog.ku.edu)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714783/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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