New evidence about the ancient humans who occupied Asia is cascading in
via Aeon.co, 29 MArch 2018: Modern humans arose only once, in Africa, about 200,000 years ago. They then spread across ...
Tag: paleontology
News reports and information about fossils and paleontology in Southeast Asia, which may not necessarily be related to archaeology.
World’s scientists turn to Asia and Australia to rewrite human history
via The Conversation, 08 December 2017 Researchers in human evolution used to focus on Africa and Eurasia – but not ...
East Asia in the annals of human evolution
Darren Curnoe argues that recent archaeological finds from East Asia and Southeast Asia hint at fundamental changes in our understanding ...
Taiwan’s oldest human is younger than thought
Taiwanese prehistory may need a major rewrite, after fossils once thought to be 20,000 years old have been re-dated to ...
Largest-ever rat fossils discovered in East Timor
Very pleased to see my former colleagues at the ANU featured in this news - the discovery of the largest ...
Unknown fossil unearthed in Philippines
The fossil of a large unknown animal, approximately 800,000 yeas old, has been uncovered in the Philippines. Ancient fossils found ...
Fossil tortoise found in Java
A fossil tortoise is found in Java, amidst some rock-shaped balls that suggests hominids hunted them using tools. East Java ...
Red Deer Cave People: another set of new, old humans
I've been slow in getting this news out which has been floating about a week already. An article in PLoS ...
Fossil finds reveal range of pleistocene wildlife
Over 500 fossils have been found at the Ma Tuyen Cave in Lao Cai province of Vietnam, representing at least ...
Fossil find handed over to government
A national history and culture study group based in Talungagung, east Java, have handed over to the government some 157 ...
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