Australo-melanesian: Human population in Indonesian Archipelago during the Pleisto-Holocene transition

Abstract

Since the end of the Ice Age or the beginning of the Holocene, Human occupation of the Archipelago has shown significant development, as seen in the discovery of the remains that occupy a wider geographical distribution in various parts of the area. Modern Human has entered this region in the Late Pleistocene, but there is a possibility of a new migration process entering Indonesia after the end of the Ice Age. Holocene Human remains are mostly found in the prehistoric dwelling caves of the karstic mountains, and the shell midden along the east coast of North Sumatra-Aceh. Based on those discoveries, it presents the remains affiliated with the Australo-melanesid population. And here, we will discuss on this human population of the Archipelago in paleoanthropological perspectives.