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Society 1 month ago
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World’s ‘oldest’ rock art discovered in Southeast Sulawesi
The latest rock art found on Muna Island in Southeast Sulawesi, a faded hand stencil made out of ocher that may be made at least 67,800 years ago, might provide more clues for archaeologists about how ancient human migrated through Sulawesi to Australia.
Society 3 months ago
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Explainer: Tracing Fadli Zon’s ‘Out of Nusantara’ ancient humans claim
A hypothesis suggesting that ancient humans came from the prehistoric Indonesian archipelago, or Nusantara, is part of a bigger claim that suggests Indonesia as the oldest civilization in the world, Culture Minister Fadli Zon has said.
Society 4 months ago
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Fadli Zon’s ‘Out of Nusantara’ hypothesis meets pushback
Homo sapiens remains found in a cave in West Sumatra are among the proof used by Culture Minister Fadli Zon to support his ‘Out of Nusantara’ hypothesis, which suggests that ancient humans may have originated in the Indonesian archipelago, and not Africa, before spreading around the world.
Society 7 months ago
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Ancient stone tools could contain clues to early Sulawesi hominins
A recent study led by a team of BRIN archaeologists suggests that the artifacts found at the Calio site in South Sulawesi's Soppeng regency could actually be stone tools, meaning that prehistoric humans lived in the Wallacea region around 500,000 years earlier than previously known.
Science & Tech 1 year ago
Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia's extinct 'Hobbit' people
Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of this incomplete humerus—missing both of its ends—as well as two fossilized teeth from Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of Flores, where the volcano Mount Ebulobo looms over the landscape.
