New archaeological evidence published online in the journal Nature has pushed back the accepted earliest human occupation of Sulawesi to more than 110,000 years ago. Finds from Talepu excavations: flakes (a-f, j-m), cores (g, h, i). All artifacts shown are silicified limestone. Scale bars -10 mm (a-i), 20 mm (j-m). Image credit: Gerrit D. van den Bergh et al. “Previously, it was thought that the first people to set foot on this remote island...
