West Papua's Human Past Revealed
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Fitting the 'missing puzzle pieces'—research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua
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West Papua is central to understanding how humans moved from Eurasia into the Australasian region.
Evidence from Mololo Cave shows some of the first people to settle Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day West Papua .
They adapted to challenging new environments, exchanged genes and languages, and traded exquisitely crafted objects.
Many West Papuans continue to produce and use wooden carvings, string bags and shell ornaments.
Despite our new findings, West Papua remains an enigma for researchers.
It has a land area twice the size of Aotearoa New Zealand , but there are fewer than ten known archaeological sites that have been radiocarbon dated.
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