Ancient DNA found in Indonesia adds layers to Australia's ancestral past

The Leang Panninge Cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia where the DNA of an extinct human lineage was discovered. - (Leang Panninge research team / Nature)

SYDNEY (Xinhua): A research team, co-led by Australian archaeologists, has found the 7000-year-old remains of a teenage female in Indonesia, with the DNA throwing new light on how early people may have migrated to Australia.

The discovery, published in Nature magazine on Wednesday (Aug 25), is the first known skeleton from a foraging culture called the Toaleans.