Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture

By Adam Brumm, Professor, Griffith University
Adhi Oktaviana, PhD Candidate, Griffith University
Akin Duli, Professor, Universitas Hasanuddin
Basran Burhan, PhD candidate, Griffith University
Cosimo Posth, Junior Professor, University of Tübingen
Selina Carlhoff, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

The first ancient human DNA from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi — and the wider Wallacea islands group — sheds light on the early human history of the region.

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