MEETING OF CULTURES: Indonesian Island Was Human Melting Pot With DNA From 16 Ancient Peoples

Cave entrance of the Topogaro 2 site, one of the cave sites of the Topogaro complex located in Central Sulawesi. Topogaro 2 has been excavated since 2016. Human remains from the past 2,000 years were found in the upper layers. Note: Licensed photo. (Rintaro Ono/Newsflash) Cave entrance of the Topogaro 2 site, one of the cave sites of the Topogaro complex located in Central Sulawesi. Topogaro 2 has been excavated since 2016. Human remains from the past 2,000 years were found in the upper layers. Note: Licensed photo. (Rintaro Ono/Newsflash)
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13 June 2022
An international team of experts has sequenced the DNA from 16 ancient people and found that a group of Indonesian islands were a melting pot for humans thousands of years ago. The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long and rich history of being home to modern...