A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Prior research has indicated that the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was host to archaic hominins of unknown taxonomic affinity from at least 1.04 million years ago (Ma), while members of our own speci...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Sulawesi, een eiland ten oosten van Borneo, bestaat uit verschillende lange schiereilanden die uit een bergachtig centrum stralen. Het is bekend om koraalriffen en duikplekken zoals Bunaken National Park, de Togische eilanden en Wakatobi National Park.
January 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Sulawesi, een eiland ten oosten van Borneo, bestaat uit verschillende lange schiereilanden die uit een bergachtig centrum stralen. Het is bekend om koraalriffen en duikplekken zoals Bunaken National Park, de Togische eilanden en Wakatobi National Park.
Keep your eyes on Sulawesi, some interesting stuff happening there. 👀 www.discovermagazine.com/modern-human... 🏺🧪
Modern Humans May Have Lived Alongside an Extinct Human Species in Ancient Indonesia
Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans that replaced them.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Keep your eyes on Sulawesi, some interesting stuff happening there. 👀 www.discovermagazine.com/modern-human... 🏺🧪
Apparently, one of the details going around from the Pokemon teraleak is that one of the starters is a bat, but we're not sure which starter it is. I would guess grass, since guess what Indonesia has? FRUIT bats.
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Apparently, one of the details going around from the Pokemon teraleak is that one of the starters is a bat, but we're not sure which starter it is. I would guess grass, since guess what Indonesia has? FRUIT bats.
Überflutung in Indonesien
Terrible flooding in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 (11.01.2026)
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Terrible flooding in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 (11.01.2026)
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January 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Überflutung in Indonesien
Terrible flooding in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 (11.01.2026)
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Terrible flooding in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 (11.01.2026)
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A Sulawesi, dans la grotte de Leang Bulu Bettue, des hominines énigmatiques (peut-être des cousins éteints d’Homo erectus ou Denisoviens ?) auraient pu cohabiter avec des Homo sapiens il y a ~40-65 000 ans. Un site prometteur . Via Sci.News - bit.ly/4qU4HeH
Enigmatic Hominins May Have Overlapped with Homo sapiens on Sulawesi | Sci.News
At Leang Bulu Bettue, a rock-shelter in the Maros-Pangkep karst region on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, paleoanthropologists have uncovered one of the most complete records of early human occupat...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
A Sulawesi, dans la grotte de Leang Bulu Bettue, des hominines énigmatiques (peut-être des cousins éteints d’Homo erectus ou Denisoviens ?) auraient pu cohabiter avec des Homo sapiens il y a ~40-65 000 ans. Un site prometteur . Via Sci.News - bit.ly/4qU4HeH
#Indonesia #CentralSulawesi #Donggala #Tanantove #Flood #Flooding #NaturalDisaster #ExtremeWeather
#climate #destruction #anomaly #climatecrisis #weather
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🌊 On January 11, 2026, severe flooding affected several areas in Tanantove District, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
#climate #destruction #anomaly #climatecrisis #weather
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🌊 On January 11, 2026, severe flooding affected several areas in Tanantove District, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
#Indonesia #CentralSulawesi #Donggala #Tanantove #Flood #Flooding #NaturalDisaster #ExtremeWeather
#climate #destruction #anomaly #climatecrisis #weather
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🌊 On January 11, 2026, severe flooding affected several areas in Tanantove District, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
#climate #destruction #anomaly #climatecrisis #weather
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🌊 On January 11, 2026, severe flooding affected several areas in Tanantove District, Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
A cave in Sulawesi preserves over 200,000 years of human history. Deep layers hint that Homo sapiens may have overlapped with an earlier human species. Who shared the island, and when? #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Wallacea www.anthropology.net/p/a-cave-tha...
A Cave That Refuses to Be Silent
Deep beneath Sulawesi, a single site preserves nearly the entire human story of an island, and hints that different kinds of humans may once have shared the same ground.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A cave in Sulawesi preserves over 200,000 years of human history. Deep layers hint that Homo sapiens may have overlapped with an earlier human species. Who shared the island, and when? #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Wallacea www.anthropology.net/p/a-cave-tha...
#Indonesia #Sulawesi #Bahu #mudflow #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechange
🇮🇩 Mudflow disaster in North Sulawesi (Indonesia, January 5, 2026)
🌊 On January 5, 2026, a mudflow struck the village of Bahu (North Sulawesi).
⚠️ The disaster left 6 people dead and 4 missing.
🇮🇩 Mudflow disaster in North Sulawesi (Indonesia, January 5, 2026)
🌊 On January 5, 2026, a mudflow struck the village of Bahu (North Sulawesi).
⚠️ The disaster left 6 people dead and 4 missing.
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#Indonesia #Sulawesi #Bahu #mudflow #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechange
🇮🇩 Mudflow disaster in North Sulawesi (Indonesia, January 5, 2026)
🌊 On January 5, 2026, a mudflow struck the village of Bahu (North Sulawesi).
⚠️ The disaster left 6 people dead and 4 missing.
🇮🇩 Mudflow disaster in North Sulawesi (Indonesia, January 5, 2026)
🌊 On January 5, 2026, a mudflow struck the village of Bahu (North Sulawesi).
⚠️ The disaster left 6 people dead and 4 missing.
🌍 Earthquake Alert 🌍
📍 Location: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
📏 Magnitude (M): 3.0
🔽 Depth: 5.74 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-09 07:30:37 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
📍 Location: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
📏 Magnitude (M): 3.0
🔽 Depth: 5.74 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-09 07:30:37 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
Earthquake Alert: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
Magnitude 3.0, Depth: 5.74 km
volcanoyt.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM
🌍 Earthquake Alert 🌍
📍 Location: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
📏 Magnitude (M): 3.0
🔽 Depth: 5.74 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-09 07:30:37 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
📍 Location: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
📏 Magnitude (M): 3.0
🔽 Depth: 5.74 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-09 07:30:37 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
New research reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific 🐖🐽🐷🧬🌴🏝️🗿region. www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/geno... @gregerlarson.bsky.social Image credit: A Brumm (Griffith Uni) & A Agus Oktaviana (BRIN, Indonesia).
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
New research reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific 🐖🐽🐷🧬🌴🏝️🗿region. www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/geno... @gregerlarson.bsky.social Image credit: A Brumm (Griffith Uni) & A Agus Oktaviana (BRIN, Indonesia).
05.01.2026
'This morning, a flash flood and landslide hit Kelurahan Bahu village in East Siau District, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩
- 6 dead.
- 4 missing (including an infant)
- 15+ injured.
- 35 families (108 people) displaced'
WeatherMonitors [X]
'This morning, a flash flood and landslide hit Kelurahan Bahu village in East Siau District, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩
- 6 dead.
- 4 missing (including an infant)
- 15+ injured.
- 35 families (108 people) displaced'
WeatherMonitors [X]
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
05.01.2026
'This morning, a flash flood and landslide hit Kelurahan Bahu village in East Siau District, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩
- 6 dead.
- 4 missing (including an infant)
- 15+ injured.
- 35 families (108 people) displaced'
WeatherMonitors [X]
'This morning, a flash flood and landslide hit Kelurahan Bahu village in East Siau District, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩
- 6 dead.
- 4 missing (including an infant)
- 15+ injured.
- 35 families (108 people) displaced'
WeatherMonitors [X]
Whitespot, Javanese Ricefish & Schneider's Bockadam photographed in Rammang Rammang Village #mangrove canals in #Sulawesi. These widespread species, native to both sides of Wallace Line, are also familiar in #Thailand
#aquaticcreatures #wildlifephotography #watersurface #swimmers #animalphotography
#aquaticcreatures #wildlifephotography #watersurface #swimmers #animalphotography
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Whitespot, Javanese Ricefish & Schneider's Bockadam photographed in Rammang Rammang Village #mangrove canals in #Sulawesi. These widespread species, native to both sides of Wallace Line, are also familiar in #Thailand
#aquaticcreatures #wildlifephotography #watersurface #swimmers #animalphotography
#aquaticcreatures #wildlifephotography #watersurface #swimmers #animalphotography
Humans have been managing ecosystems for a very long while.
"People living in Sulawesi perhaps as early as 50,000 years ago ... transported warty pig species as far away as Timor."
A crucial blow to the stadial theory of history: #Unlearn
phys.org/news/2025-12...
"People living in Sulawesi perhaps as early as 50,000 years ago ... transported warty pig species as far away as Timor."
A crucial blow to the stadial theory of history: #Unlearn
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Genomic study reveals how people moved pigs across the Pacific
A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific region.
phys.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Humans have been managing ecosystems for a very long while.
"People living in Sulawesi perhaps as early as 50,000 years ago ... transported warty pig species as far away as Timor."
A crucial blow to the stadial theory of history: #Unlearn
phys.org/news/2025-12...
"People living in Sulawesi perhaps as early as 50,000 years ago ... transported warty pig species as far away as Timor."
A crucial blow to the stadial theory of history: #Unlearn
phys.org/news/2025-12...
'Schluss, aus, Ende' #FotoVorschlag
December 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
'Schluss, aus, Ende' #FotoVorschlag
🌍 Earthquake Alert 🌍
📍 Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia
📏 Magnitude (M): 2.3
🔽 Depth: 5.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-02 06:44:43 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
📍 Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia
📏 Magnitude (M): 2.3
🔽 Depth: 5.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-02 06:44:43 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
Earthquake Alert: Sulawesi, Indonesia
Magnitude 2.3, Depth: 5.00 km
volcanoyt.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
🌍 Earthquake Alert 🌍
📍 Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia
📏 Magnitude (M): 2.3
🔽 Depth: 5.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-02 06:44:43 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
📍 Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia
📏 Magnitude (M): 2.3
🔽 Depth: 5.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-01-02 06:44:43 UTC
🔗 Source: BMKG
Stay safe!
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In Passiliran, an ancient burial rite for a newborn baby in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, "the end" for a baby means returning to the place of safety and comfort. A tarra tree served as the grave, symbolizing the return of the baby's soul into a safe womb, with the sap as milk. 🧵1/3
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In Passiliran, an ancient burial rite for a newborn baby in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, "the end" for a baby means returning to the place of safety and comfort. A tarra tree served as the grave, symbolizing the return of the baby's soul into a safe womb, with the sap as milk. 🧵1/3
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
#Earthquake M4.7 | Sulawesi, Indonesia | 5m ago | Dec 31, 2025 04:30 am (Universal Time)
Did you feel it? Submit a report!
#moderate #quake #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #Indonesia #Sulawesi_Tengah
Quake feed for Indonesia: @indonesia.earthquakes.live
Did you feel it? Submit a report!
#moderate #quake #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #Indonesia #Sulawesi_Tengah
Quake feed for Indonesia: @indonesia.earthquakes.live
Moderate magnitude 4.7 earthquake at unknown depth
See detailed quake info, read user reports, submit your own if you felt it!
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December 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#Earthquake M4.7 | Sulawesi, Indonesia | 5m ago | Dec 31, 2025 04:30 am (Universal Time)
Did you feel it? Submit a report!
#moderate #quake #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #Indonesia #Sulawesi_Tengah
Quake feed for Indonesia: @indonesia.earthquakes.live
Did you feel it? Submit a report!
#moderate #quake #M2+ #M3+ #M4+ #Indonesia #Sulawesi_Tengah
Quake feed for Indonesia: @indonesia.earthquakes.live
Magnitude : 4.7
Region: *Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi*
Time: 2025-12-30 20:55:07 UTC
Epicenter : 123.38°E 1.25°N
Depth: 10 km
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zova/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi*
Time: 2025-12-30 20:55:07 UTC
Epicenter : 123.38°E 1.25°N
Depth: 10 km
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zova/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Magnitude : 4.7
Region: *Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi*
Time: 2025-12-30 20:55:07 UTC
Epicenter : 123.38°E 1.25°N
Depth: 10 km
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zova/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi*
Time: 2025-12-30 20:55:07 UTC
Epicenter : 123.38°E 1.25°N
Depth: 10 km
https://geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025zova/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
This year new archaeological finds on Sulawesi for the first time established that human relatives were in the islands of Wallacea before one million years ago. I can't wait to find out more about what they may have been like.
www.johnhawks.net/p/hominins-v...
www.johnhawks.net/p/hominins-v...
Hominins voyaged to Sulawesi before one million years ago
New report of stone artifacts from Calio place human relatives in Wallacea more broadly and earlier than anyone knew.
www.johnhawks.net
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This year new archaeological finds on Sulawesi for the first time established that human relatives were in the islands of Wallacea before one million years ago. I can't wait to find out more about what they may have been like.
www.johnhawks.net/p/hominins-v...
www.johnhawks.net/p/hominins-v...
#TIL Balantak (Austronesian, spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia) has a circumfix "poo-...-(i)kon" meaning 'less than ideal'
E.g. "tatapi" 'wash' : "mom-poo-tatapi-kon" 'to wash as best as one can (given less than ideal circumstances such as little water and no soap)'
Find me poo-thesis.writing-kon
E.g. "tatapi" 'wash' : "mom-poo-tatapi-kon" 'to wash as best as one can (given less than ideal circumstances such as little water and no soap)'
Find me poo-thesis.writing-kon
December 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#TIL Balantak (Austronesian, spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia) has a circumfix "poo-...-(i)kon" meaning 'less than ideal'
E.g. "tatapi" 'wash' : "mom-poo-tatapi-kon" 'to wash as best as one can (given less than ideal circumstances such as little water and no soap)'
Find me poo-thesis.writing-kon
E.g. "tatapi" 'wash' : "mom-poo-tatapi-kon" 'to wash as best as one can (given less than ideal circumstances such as little water and no soap)'
Find me poo-thesis.writing-kon
Source: van den Berg & Mead 2024 "Languages of Sulawesi"
December 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Source: van den Berg & Mead 2024 "Languages of Sulawesi"
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Rapid evolution of sexual dimorphism in island populations of the Sulawesi Babbler
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#ornithology
Rapid evolution of sexual dimorphism in island populations of the Sulawesi Babbler
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#ornithology
Rapid evolution of sexual dimorphism in island populations of the Sulawesi Babbler
Stronger intraspecific competition on islands might explain this finding.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Rapid evolution of sexual dimorphism in island populations of the Sulawesi Babbler
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/04/r...
#ornithology
Rapid evolution of sexual dimorphism in island populations of the Sulawesi Babbler
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/04/r...
#ornithology
See that first arrow breaking off and upwards to the Marianas? That's my people's migration.
Note that though these maps portray migration as "one event", they aren't. Most likely coming in waves, we continued to trade actively with each other.
Link to map: theconversation.com/linguistics-...
Note that though these maps portray migration as "one event", they aren't. Most likely coming in waves, we continued to trade actively with each other.
Link to map: theconversation.com/linguistics-...
December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
See that first arrow breaking off and upwards to the Marianas? That's my people's migration.
Note that though these maps portray migration as "one event", they aren't. Most likely coming in waves, we continued to trade actively with each other.
Link to map: theconversation.com/linguistics-...
Note that though these maps portray migration as "one event", they aren't. Most likely coming in waves, we continued to trade actively with each other.
Link to map: theconversation.com/linguistics-...