Nature Communications (Apr 2020)
Isotopic evidence for initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea
Abstract
There has been substantial debate of how hominins colonized Australasia through Wallacea, including their ability to utilize marine vs. terrestrial resources. Here, Roberts et al. use stable carbon and oxygen isotopes to reconstruct temporal shifts in the diets of early human inhabitants of Alor and Timor.