Indonesia is home to some of the world’s oldest cave art, and several significant discoveries have been made in the area in…
A sub-adult burial dating to the early-mid Holocene, c.8000 BP, has been found in Makpan Cave on Alor Island, south-eastern Indonesia. To…
The 200th anniversary of Raffles’ arrival in Singapore has galvanised debate about the legacy of this controversial figure. His modern profile owes…
Modern humans can now look their recently discovered relative, Homo floresiensis, in the face thanks to a new reconstruction unveiled at an…
When were the South Sea Islands first inhabited? The discovery by Matthew Spriggs and Stuart Bedford of a remarkable cemetery, with nearly…
About ten years ago a collector of ancient Indonesian art contacted my husband and me to ask our opinion on a group…
Volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in Iceland caused airline havoc in April 2010, but the far bigger Toba volcanic eruption that…
Sophisticated stone tools challenge previous assumptions about Australian tool-making…
Babar Javed takes us to Borobudur, Java…
The controversial find of 'Hobbit like' skeleton, has concluded with new hominid species being declared…
Debate surrounding Homo Floresiensis…
A report on the shock discovery of a new minature species of human, homo floresiensis, who lived on the island of Flores…