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1.04-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Found on Indonesian Island Offer Clues About Some of the Region's Earliest Human Relatives

Summary by Smithsonian Mag
The toolmakers or their ancestors might have arrived on Sulawesi by clinging to vegetation during a storm, but their identities remain a mystery

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Scientists have discovered a series of worked stones and fossils of extinct animals on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes). They may be evidence that ancient humans lived in the area between Asia and Australia as early as 1.5 million years ago. This could rewrite the migration theory.

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Smithsonian Mag broke the news in United States on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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