People used boats to settle Australia as early as 50,000–60,000 BCE, indicating boat technology was already well known during the period humans were moving through or out of Beringia.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent academic and science-journalism sources (Smithsonian, The Conversation, peer-reviewed genetic studies) confirm human arrival in Australia via sea crossing ~50-65kya, requiring watercraft. The link to Beringia-era boat knowledge is a reasonable inference but less directly evidenced than the Australia settlement date itself. [tier=gold indep_score=0.9 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Native American - Prehistory, Tribes, Culture | Britannica (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-to-australia-more-than-50-000-years-ago-96118 (corroboration)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-humans-reached-australia-around-60000-years-ago-via-two-routes-genetic-analysis-suggests-180987821/ (corroboration)
- https://geog.ku.edu/news/article/2020/05/08/study-suggests-remnants-bering-strait-and-other-human-migration-paths-exist-underwater- (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714783/ (corroboration)