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Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants, once thought isolated from the rest of the world for 45,000 years, have genetic markers showing mass migration from India 4,000 years ago, which also coincides with the first appearance of dingos on the island-continent

Oct 21, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants, once thought isolated from the rest of the world for 45,000 years, have genetic markers showing mass migration from India 4,000 years ago, which also coincides with the first appearance of dingos on the island-continent

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