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Excavation at Lene Hara Cave establishes occupation in East Timor at least 30,000–35,000 years ago

Sue O’Connor, Matthew Spriggs, Peter Veth

Antiquity · 2002 · 96 citations · 10 references

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Reinvestigations of the cave of Lene Hara in East Timor have yielded new dating evidence showing occupation from before 30,000 BP. These will further fuel the debates on early colonization of the region.

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