How did people find Australia?

According to the Article, what is one reason why people moved out of Africa?

A lack of adequate food supplies in Africa forced the people there to explore new territories in hopes of finding new sources of food.

Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that early humans altered Australia's ecosystem?

But we do know that they had a huge and permanent impact on plant and animal life. For instance, researchers believe that early humans may have overhunted some animals, such as giant kangaroos and marsupial lions, driving them to extinction.

What is one inference the reader can make from the Article?

In Africa, the Ice Age led to a change in climate that caused food supplies to dwindle.

Which of these is most important to include in a summary of this Article?

Researchers have speculated that humans journeyed from Asia to Australia approximately 65,000 years ago on large bamboo rafts.

The Article states: If you were on a beach, staring into the distance with no land in sight, no map, no compass, would you get on a raft—yes, a raft—and sail into the unknown? If you're gutsy enough to have answered yes, then you'd make a great voyager and would have fit right in with the earliest humans to venture to Australia! Why did the author include this passage?

To emphasize the courage of those people who decided to set sail to an unfamiliar destination

Which question is not answered by the Article?

What archaeological evidence suggests that early humans traveled together?

The Article states: Another theory is that the weather played a role in getting humans to Australia. Which is the closest synonym for the word theory?

belief

If resources are dwindling, this means they are __________.

diminishing