How did humans migrate to Australia?

Humans migrated to Australia primarily by makeshift boats. This mode of travel reflects early seafaring capabilities as modern humans, or Homo sapiens, began to explore and settle in different regions outside of their origins in Africa.

The journey to Australia likely involved navigating coastal and island routes, which would have required some form of watercraft. Archaeological evidence supports this hypothesis, indicating that people arrived in Australia at least 65,000 years ago, during a time when sea levels were lower, forming land connections between islands. However, to travel to the continent itself, early humans would have needed to construct simple boats to cross significant stretches of water.

Other options that suggest travel by foot or large ships do not align with the evidence found. While land bridges did facilitate human movement to other areas, in the case of Australia, the final migration required crossing bodies of water that could not be navigated by foot. Therefore, makeshift boats are the most accurate representation of how early humans reached Australia.