Dr. Sonja B. Grimm<p>Budianto Hakim and colleagues have published in <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> seven flaked stone <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/artefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artefacts</span></a> from the Early <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> found in situ on the Wallacean island <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Sulawesi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sulawesi</span></a> / <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>. They date the find horizon to 1.04 million years but state that it possibly may be as old as 1.48 million years. Hence, this is currently the oldest evidence of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/hominins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hominins</span></a> crossing ocean straights to get to new territories.<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09348-6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-09348-6</span></a></p>