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7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in Indonesia 

Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago

A close-up of a hand holding a large, jagged, brown stone tool against a black background. Four smaller stone tools are arranged nearby.

A researcher holds one of seven stone artifacts excavated on Sulawesi that date to at least 1 million years ago. An ancient Homo species crafted the tools on this Southeast Asian island, researchers say.

M.W. Moore

By Bruce Bower

Stone tools unearthed on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi suggest that ancient human relatives arrived there between about 1 million and 1.5