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Dylan Gaffney, Associate Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Oxford

Fitting the ‘missing puzzle pieces’ – research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua

Tristan Russell, CC BY-SA

Owing to its violent political history, West Papua’s vibrant human past has long been ignored.

Unlike its neighbour, the independent country of Papua New Guinea, West Papua’s cultural history is poorly understood. But now, for the first time, we have recorded this history in detail, shedding light on 50 millennia of untold stories of social change.

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