Wallacean Hominids Latest News
Recently, scientists have found possible artefacts of oldest known Wallacean hominids on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
About Wallacean Hominids
- The earliest Wallacean humans, pre-historic persons known as Homo Erectus, were thought to have only settled in Indonesia’s Flores island and Philippines’ Luzon island around 1.02 million years ago.
- They were thought to be incapable of distant sea travel, proving the significance of the Sulawesi findings in theories of migration.
- Archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia found the small, chipped tools, used to cut little animals and carve rocks, under the soil in the region of Soppeng in South Sulawesi.
- These were artefacts made by ancient humans who lived on the earth long before the evolution of our species, Homo Sapiens,”
Key Facts about Wallacea
- It is a region in Eastern Indonesia including several islands such as Sulawesi, Lombok, Flores, Timor, Sumbawa that lie between Borneo and Java and Australia and New Guinea.
- The region is named for the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace who studied the fauna and flora of the area.
Source: DD News
Wallacean Hominids FAQs
Q1: What are the four types of hominids?
Ans: The hominidae family consists of the great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans) and human beings.
Q2: Who were the first human like hominids?
Ans: Homo erectus
