Pre-historic Wallacea - a melting pot of human genetic ancestries
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jun 13, 2022
The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea landmass (Sahul) and have been home to modern human groups for at least 47 thousand years. The archaeological record attests a major cultural transition across Wallacea that started aroun