Ancient people took wallabies to islands in canoes

This episode is 8 minutes long.

This episode was published on October 31, 2025.

Evidence suggests that as early as 12,800 years ago, people captured wild wallabies from the then joined Australia - New Guinea mainland and transported them in canoes to islands sometimes hundreds of kilometres away.

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