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

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The last ice age in Sundaland, encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, and Thailand, had unique geology and paleogeography, stated a geology and ...

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 was the biggest area to be drowned as the glaciers started to retreat 19,000 years ago, raising sea levels by more than 100 metres. The second largest, Doggerland, now the southern North Sea ...

The valley fill was dated by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to between 163,000 and 119,000 years ago, or during the penultimate glacial period. Sundaland was then a big lowland, its ...

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 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.