Extinct hominins and early humans on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi

该项目旨在研究苏拉威西岛的古人类，并发现他们灭绝的时间和原因。最近在苏拉威西岛上发现的古代石器表明，在现代人类大约5万年前到达这个遥远的印度尼西亚岛屿之前，就有一种古老的、尚未被识别的人类物种居住在这个岛上。该项目将寻找最早的居住痕迹，试图揭示苏拉威西人族的化石记录，并寻找古人类与现代人在这个岛上互动的证据。这个项目有望照亮人类历史中一个以前不为人知的篇章。

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.