The study, published in the journal Nature on August 9, 2017, revealed that the teeth belonged to modern humans from between 73,000 and 63,000 years ago. That means, humans were on the islands shortly after the big eruption of Toba, around 74,000 years ago. EW Saptomo, an archaeologist from the National Archaeological Center who participated in this study said, these teeth "clearly are what modern humans do in Indonesia."
