2006-07-22 18:46:37 · 4 answers · asked by nanobot 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Reach their what?
Their feet? they lean down.
2006-07-22 18:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the last ice age, the archipelagos around Borneo and Indonesia were either connected by land bridges or else very shallow waterways. The sea level was much lower 40,000 years ago (the time generally given for human occupation of Australia). So the Aborigines got there the same way the humans around 30,000 years ago reached North America via the land bridge that is now the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Strait...They walked.
2006-07-22 19:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they probably walked, but their origin is still debated, as is the length of time they have lived in Australia.
Some recently found aboriginal art has been assessed at 50k to 70k years old, much longer than previous estimates. It could even have been much further back in time, but nobody knows for sure.
You should also know that vestiges of ancient aboriginal people of the lowest regions of South America show anthropological similarities to Australian aboriginals -- that's a recent find, as I recall, but I don't have any online link for that. Understandably, that has caused anthropologists to start looking more closely at the South American research.
Quiet simply, there is no definitive answer to your question yet.
2006-07-23 01:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by tlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use a ladder, a step-stool, or something else that extends their height by a few inches probably, like anyone else. It would help to know what exactly they are reaching for.
2006-07-22 19:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by forbidden_planet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋