Aboriginal settlement in Australia was planned

There’s been speculation about how Aboriginal people arrived in Australia thousands of years ago. 

Some thought it was an accident but new research suggests that isn’t the case, in fact it was planned migration by skilled explorers. 

Experts have used wind and ocean current modelling, like the kind used to search for the missing Malaysian flight MH370. 

Co-author and archaeology Professor Sean Ulm from James Cook University explains how.

Aboriginal settlement in Australia was planned
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