Articles for tag: Homo Erectus, human evolution, Southeast Asia, Sundaland, Underwater Archaeology

Homo erectus (fossil hominid skull) & indochinite tektites display in the museum

Lost World Unearthed: First Hominin Fossils Recovered from Submerged Sundaland

April Joy Jovita

In a discovery that reshapes our understanding of early human migration in Southeast Asia, scientists have recovered the first hominin fossils from the now-submerged lowlands of ancient Sundaland. Published in Quaternary Environments and Humans, the study reveals that Homo erectus and other archaic humans once inhabited this vast landmass—now hidden beneath the Java Sea—during the ...