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Australian indigenous sign languages have a rich and diverse history. some speculate that rock art may contain evidence of early forms of signing, documented accounts of sign languages in isolated Indigenous communities emerged from 1874 onwards. These sign languages are primarily used by hearing individuals and are integral to cultural practices, often used to communicate when speaking is taboo or for hunting

When did modern humans get to Australia? Archaeological evidence shows that modern humans had reached South-east Asia by 70,000 years ago and that they had spread to Australia by at least 50,000 years ago.

The genetic history of Aboriginal Australians and Papuans The first major genomic study of Aboriginal Australians has provided several new pieces in the puzzle of how modern humans spread across the world.