It's inevitably surprising how late New Zealand (1250-1300 AD) and Madagascar (500 AD) was discovered given how close they are to Australia and Africa (where humans originated back in 195,000 BC). And it seems impossible, but the last place on Earth discovered by humans is Antarctica.
The channel says, 'The final significantly large and inhabitable place to be discovered by humans was New Zealand. It remained undiscovered until Maori Polynesians arrived sometime between 1250 and 1300. 'Antarctica was never even seen by human eyes until 1820.
Antarctica - the last place on earth.
It is now thought humans settled just 750 years ago. This makes New Zealand the last major land mass settled by humans.
There are still some places on Earth that have not been explored much by people. The ocean is one of these places. It covers more than 70% of Earth's surface, and it contains many types of ecosystems.
The earth's oceans comprise 71 percent of the planet's surface. While humans have generally explored almost Earth's entire continental surface, with the exception of Antarctica, there are substantial parts of the ocean that remain unexplored and understudied.
The hydrogen molecules that make up the outer atmosphere are so sparse that this region is still considered a vacuum. Any spacecraft traveling through it wouldn't notice a thing or be slowed by drag. It does mean, however, that humankind has yet to leave the Earth's atmosphere.
Australia is the last of lands only in the sense that it was the last continent, apart from Antarctica, to be explored by Europeans.
Molecular clock estimates, genetic studies and archaeological data all suggest the initial colonisation of Sahul and Australia by modern humans occurred around 48,000–50,000 years ago. Over the last few decades, a significant number of archaeological sites dated at more than 30,000 years old have been discovered.
Due to harsh conditions, extreme weather and no permanent population on the continent there are no regular passenger flights to Antarctica. Most flights transport research personnel and supply the bases.
The Pilbara area of Western Australia is home to the fossilized remains of the planet's earliest life forms. Because of the discoveries made in the area, it has been declared the oldest place on Earth.
Most of our world is still shrouded in mystery
You'd think that in humanity's three hundred thousand-year history, we'd be intimately familiar with every nook and cranny of Earth. Unsurprisingly, we aren't. In fact, 65% of our planet remains unexplored, most of which lies beneath the oceans.
The earliest time of the Earth is called the Hadean and refers to a period of time for which we have no rock record, and the Archean followed, which corresponds to the ages of the oldest known rocks on earth. These, with the Proterozoic Eon are called the Precambrian Eon.
Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) is known for his 1492 'discovery' of the 'new world' of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria.
Aboriginal people are known to have occupied mainland Australia for at least 65,000 years. It is widely accepted that this predates the modern human settlement of Europe and the Americas. Increasingly sophisticated dating methods are helping us gain a more accurate understanding of how people came to be in Australia.
Australia is made up of many different and distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, each with their own culture, language, beliefs and practices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the first peoples of Australia, meaning they were here for thousands of years prior to colonisation.
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'.
Examples of first world countries include the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Several Western European nations qualify as well, especially Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian countries. The ways that first world countries are defined can vary.
Indigenous people have lived in Australia more than 65,000 years ago, according to scientific evidence of human occupation1. To put this in perspective, this is ten times older than the ancient Egyptian pyramids.
Speed. Global plate tectonic movement as measured by GPS devices. The Australian Plate, which Australia is on, is moving faster than other plates. The Australian Plate is moving about 6.9 cm (2.7 inches) a year in a northward direction and with a small clockwise rotation.
Will humans survive? Yes, almost certainly, but the factors that determine the outcome are so immensely complex that our blunt and instrumental efforts are almost meaningless. The only thing that makes a difference is the combined impact of all individual animals including humans.
Four billion years from now, the increase in Earth's surface temperature will cause a runaway greenhouse effect, creating conditions more extreme than present-day Venus and heating Earth's surface enough to melt it. By that point, all life on Earth will be extinct.
The researchers estimate that the Earth will remain habitable for another 1.75 to 3.25 billion years.
In fact, most of the waters remain unexplored, uncharted and unseen by our eyes. It might be shocking to find out, but only 5% of the ocean has been explored and charted by humans. The rest, especially its depths, are still unknown.