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Aussie Ancestors 🌴

no cap, ancient humans took a wild route to oz 60k yrs ago, fr fr

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Aussie Ancestors 🌴
Source: New Scientist

so like, you’re probably wondering how our ancestors even made it to australia, right?

The Tea ☕

apparently, they took not one, but two routes to get there, and i’m lowkey impressed, 60,000 years ago is no joke, they really said ‘hold my coffee’ and decided to migrate to a whole new continent, (yes, really), the people who actually know things are saying it was a genetic study that helped them figure this out, and honestly, it’s giving me ‘main character energy’ vibes

Why This Matters (Or Doesn’t) 👀

this is lowkey a whole thing and i’m not okay, i mean, can you imagine taking a boat ride to a new country with no google maps?

The Vibe Check 💅

anyway, it’s pretty cool to think about how our ancestors were just, like, exploring and discovering new lands, no cap, they were the original ‘chronically online’ people, always on the move, always looking for the next big thing, and now we’re just, like, sitting here, reading about it on our phones, it’s a wild time to be alive, and i’m not mad at it, so let’s all just take a moment to appreciate our ancestors, they were the real mvp’s, and we’re just living our best lives, thanks to them, no cap, it’s giving me all the feels ✨

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