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Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture

  • Written by: Adam Brumm, Professor, Griffith University
Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost cultureStone arrowheads (Maros points) and other flaked stone implements from the Toalean culture of South Sulawesi.Shahna Britton/Andrew Thomson, Author provided

In 2015, archaeologists from the University of Hasanuddin in Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, uncovered the skeleton of a woman buried in a limestone cave. Studies revealed the...

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