How did the indigenous get to Australia when the continents drifted apart much earlier?

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How did the indigenous get to Australia when the continents drifted apart much earlier?

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Answer 1

A lot of people are saying land bridges but from what I have read it was more somewhere inbetween. The water was indeed shallower but there were still great stretches of sea and, remarkably, humans became expert seafarers and made their way to Australia and the other islands by boat. Eventually the seas rose and they could no longer make the trips back because the distance between the islands became much larger and more difficult.