We report archaeological findings from a significant new cave site on Alor Island, Indonesia,
with an in situ basal date of 40,208–38,454 cal BP. Twenty thousand years older than the …

Archaeological records from Australia provide the earliest, indirect evidence for maritime
crossings by early modern humans, as the islands to the north-west of the continent …

Archaeological research in the Philippines has significantly intensified over the past 20
years and is producing useful insights into the Prehistory of this diverse archipelago that is of …

The palaeogeography of the Wallacea Archipelago is a significant factor in understanding
early modern human colonization of Sahul (Australia and New Guinea), and models of …

Pleistocene water crossings, long thought to be an innovation of Homo sapiens, may extend
beyond our species to encompass Middle and Early Pleistocene Homo. However, it remains …

In this paper, we look at a situation of long-term continuity to understand the circumstances
that mediate against behavioural change. Using newly excavated material from Asitau Kuru …

The thousands of islands east of Huxley's Line have never formed a single land mass or
been connected to Sunda or Sahul. The earliest records of hominins in this area are stone …

The crossing of the Wallacean islands and settlement of Sahul by modern humans over
50,000 years ago, represents the earliest successful seafaring of our species anywhere in …

The occupation of small islands presents particular challenges for people largely related to
limited terrestrial resources and susceptibility to natural disasters. Nevertheless, the …

The environmental extremes of the Last Glacial Maximum and the subsequent warming and
sea-level rise into the Holocene had profound implications for human behavior across much …