This stone tool is over 1 million years old. How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?

By Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
Basran Burhan, PhD Candidate, Archaeology, Griffith University
Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh, Researcher in Palaeontology, University of Wollongong
Maxime Aubert, Professor of Archaeological Science, Griffith University
Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University

It’s the first evidence that early humans made a formidable sea crossing from the mainland to Sulawesi at least 1 million years ago.

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