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The story of the first Alor people adapting to climate change 43,000 years ago

By Shimona Kealy, Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
Hendri A. F. Kaharudin, PhD Student & Research Assistant, Australian National University
Sue O'Connor, Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University

The excavation of Makpan Cave on the southwest coast of Alor in mid-2016 successfully discovered new evidence that humans settled on Alor Island, East Nusa Tenggara, around 43,000 years ago.

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