Posted on 08/09/2025 10:44:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The dispersal of archaic hominins beyond mainland Southeast Asia (Sunda) represents the earliest evidence for humans crossing ocean barriers to reach isolated landmasses. Previously, the oldest indication of hominins in Wallacea, the oceanic island zone east of Sunda, comprised flaked stone artifacts deposited at least 1.02 million years ago at the site of Wolo Sege on the island of Flores. On Sulawesi, the largest Wallacean island, previous excavations revealed stone artifacts with a minimum age of 194,000 years at the open site of Talepu. Now, archaeologists from Griffith University show that stone artifacts also occur at the nearby site of Calio in fossiliferous layers dated to at least 1.04 million years and possibly up to 1.48 million years. This discovery suggests that Sulawesi was populated by hominins at around the same time as Flores, if not earlier.
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Lumpers vs splitters!
Stone tools at 30 paces!
Cladeiator cage match!
The rivers, including a now dry Pishon from the Arabian Peninsula, converge at that point ... or rather at a point where they met at a lower sea level.
-——The Bible says Adam and Eve originated in Iraq-——
Where? I somehow missed that fact
I will speculate that many Pacific islands were connected, or within visual distance, during our current 2.6 million year Ice Age.
During our last glacial period, which ended about 11,000 years ago, Pacific Ocean sea level declined about 300 yards.
Some were, most weren’t.
If you search, many articles place it in "Iraq or Iran," though I've more often heard it set in Iraq.
“during our current 2.6 million year Ice Age.”
Aside from the topic of sea level rise, are you sure this number is right?
In just the last million years alone there have been at least 8 full Glacial/Interglacial cycles... A full cycle peak to peak happens approximately every 124,000 years...
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