The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

Sundaland was the home to elephants, the elephant-like extinct Stegodon and water buffalo, while its rivers were teeming with fish, turtles, river sharks and hippos, the fossils show.

Between 14,000 and 7,000 years ago, melting glaciers caused sea levels to rise by more than 120 meters, submerging the plains of Sundaland. As a result, communities were forced to migrate to ...

During the glacial period that chilled the Earth 140,000 years ago, sea levels in the Indonesian region of Sundaland were low enough for present-day islands to tower like mountain ranges with a ...

These lost lands, called Sundaland, were once vast open plains with flowing rivers around 140,000 years ago. The newly discovered Homo erectus bones were found among a bounty of more than 6,000 ...

Its disappearance was caused by the melting of glaciers 14,000 or 7,000 years ago, submerging Sundaland. ScienceDirect magazine was the place chosen for the publication of the study, which is ...

Sundaland also featured a variety of animals, including multiple species of elephants, rhinos, and crocodiles. Strikingly, the bones the team found even have evidence of butchery by H. erectus.

Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise. Communications Biology, 2023; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04510-0 ...

Lost Civilisation Underwater? 140,000-Year-Old Homo Erectus Skull May Hold The Key To Secret The site could be the first physical evidence of the lost landmass known as Sundaland, which submerged ...

Sundaland consisted of the whole SE Asian area around Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali and the Malay peninsula, now sunken and not connected as they once were. Species distribution models illustrate that ...

Sundaland's lowland forests are rapidly disappearing, giving us an insight into the future global conservation status of the remainder of the world if land outside of protected areas continues to ...