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  • The talking dead: Burials shed new light on earliest humans in Indonesia

    08/28/2022 5:57:54 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 3 replies
    Phys dot org ^ | August 25, 2022 | Provided by The Australian National University
    The discovery of the three bodies on Indonesia's Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 12,000 years ago, sheds new light on burial practices and migration through the area... Dr. Sofia Samper Carro said the three burials are significant because the positioning of each body shows a different mortuary practice. Dr. Samper Carro said this might relate to multiple migratory routes through the area from thousands of years ago...The mere process of finding and uncovering the bodies saw Dr. Samper Carro and her team uncover more than 250 bones, including the three bodies, which were in a seated, flexed (on side)...