Computer model images of entry points for migration routes through Sahul: a northern route through West Papua (entry time: 73,000 years) and a southern entry point from the Timor Sea shelf (entry time: about 75,000 years). (IMAGE)

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Computer model images of entry points for migration routes through Sahul: a northern route through West Papua (entry time: 73,000 years) and a southern entry point from the Timor Sea shelf (entry time: about 75,000 years).

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Computer model images of entry points for migration routes through Sahul: a northern route through West Papua (entry time: 73,000 years) and a southern entry point from the Timor Sea shelf (entry time: about 75,000 years).

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Nature Communications. Maps are produced with the open-source python interface for the Generic Mapping Tools (https://www.pygmt.org) based on paths generated with SimRiv software.

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