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Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day West Papua, some 50,000 years ago.
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A more precise timeline now shows Polynesian ancestors of Māori first settled in the North Island before expanding south and then retreating again when the climate changed.
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Research Fellow, Palaeoclimate, University of Southampton
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Professor of Climate Dynamics, University of East Anglia
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Professor in Physical Geography, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor and Director, Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Te Aka Mātuatua - School of Science, University of Waikato
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Teaching Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Researcher in Archaeology, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)