download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA vast, now-submerged landmass off of Australia's coast may once have been capable of supporting up to half a million people, a new study suggests. This revealed an archipelago that could have been used for people to migrate from Indonesia to Australia, they said. Various rock art and stone ax findings around the areas of the now-submerged continental shelf. Ultimately, rising sea levels likely pushed resident populations off of the landmass, the authors said.

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Persons: —, Kashih Norman, Norman, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Griffith University, First Nations Locations: Australia's, New Zealand, Brisbane, Guinea, Australia, Indonesia