Tracking Down the Artist (Part 4)
The karst caves in Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi, are believed to have been the prehistoric home of the Austromelanesoid people long before Austronesian speakers ever set foot in the region.
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A prehistoric painting at one of the leang (cave) in Maros, South Sulawesi.
The karst caves in Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi, are believed to have been the prehistoric home of the Austromelanesoid people long before Austronesian speakers ever set foot in the region. The Austromelanesoid people are early Homo sapiens believed to have migrated from Africa to the archipelago, including Sulawesi, around 60,000 years ago.
However, no physical evidence in the form of human bones dating back to the era has been found in caves in Maros or other regions in Sulawesi. This remains a huge mystery for archeologists to solve.