Discovery of 311 implements on Indonesian island propose modern humans settling there 60000 years ago would have met an ‘loney human lineage’The diminutive prehistoric human species dubbed the “Hobbit that inhabited the Indonesian island of Flores long before the arrival of Homo sapiens apparently had company on other islands.
Stone tools that are at least 118000 years frail have been discovered on the island of Sulawesi,indicating a human presence, scientists said on Wednesday. No fossils of these individuals were found in conjunction with the tools at the site called Talepu, and leaving the toolmakers’ identity a mystery.
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Source: theguardian.com