Scientists have uncovered stone tools on Indonesia's Sulawesi island dating back at least 1.5 million years, representing the oldest known evidence of hominids in Wallacea, a region between Asia and Australia. These artefacts suggest that early humans inhabited the island during the Early Pleistocene, challenging previous assumptions about human migration and colonization in Southeast Asia. The discovery may also shed light on the origins of the so-called 'hobbits,' small-bodied hominins previously found in the region. The findings were published in a research paper by Nature and have been reported by multiple international news outlets. Concurrently, new fossil discoveries in Ethiopia, including 2.6 to 2.8 million-year-old teeth, indicate the coexistence of an unknown Australopithecus species alongside early Homo relatives, potentially revising current understanding of human evolution. Advances in artificial intelligence have contributed to analyzing these archaeological enigmas, offering fresh insights into ancient human history.