Initial human settlement of Timor, ~42KYA

Susan O’Connor has announced at the Australian Archaeological Association Conference that the Jerimalai site in Timor reinforces the view that Australia and the Sunda region were settled around 42,000 years ago, after a migration south through Timor and not via Borneo and Sulawesi.

Press coverage is here, and John Hawks has a write up too

Posted on timeDecember 26th, 2006 by userSimon Greenhill



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