Extinct hominins and early humans on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi

印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛上已灭绝的古人类和早期人类

• 批准号: FT160100119
• 负责人: Prof Adam Brumm
• 金额: $ 58.33万
• 依托单位: Griffith University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT160100119
• 关键词: Extinct; hominins; early; humans; Indonesian

This project aims to research the archaic hominins of Sulawesi and discover when and why they became extinct. Recent discoveries of ancient stone tools on Sulawesi show that an archaic and as-yet unidentified hominin species inhabited this remote Indonesian island before modern humans arrived around 50,000 years ago. This project will search for the earliest traces of habitation, attempt to uncover the Sulawesi hominins’ fossil record, and look for evidence of hominin-modern human interaction on this island. This project is expected to illuminate a previously unknown chapter in the human story.

该项目旨在研究苏拉威西岛的古人类，并发现他们何时以及为何灭绝。最近在苏拉威西岛发现的古代石器表明，在现代人类大约5万年前到达之前，一种古老的、尚未被确认的人类物种就居住在这个偏远的印度尼西亚岛屿上。该项目将寻找最早的居住痕迹，试图揭示苏拉威西岛人类的化石记录，并寻找岛上人类与现代人类互动的证据。这个项目有望照亮人类故事中一个以前不为人知的篇章。