First Hominin Fossils Recovered from Submerged Sundaland: A Game-Changer in Southeast Asia's Human Prehistory

First Hominin Fossils Recovered from Submerged Sundaland: A Game-Changer in Southeast Asia's Human Prehistory

For the first time ever, hominin fossils have been found beneath the sea floor of Sundaland—offering rare, tangible evidence that our early human ancestors once roamed these now-submerged lowlands.A recent study led by Dr. Harold Berghuis and published in Quaternary Environments and Humans reveals that one of these fossils—recovered during a routine construction dredging operation—belongs to Homo erectus, a key player in the human evolutionary s…