hey @awesomianist glad you appreciated the post and I dig the thoughtful response. Agreed, although nothing can be certain, it's amazing how much we CAN learn! New methods every day. The genetics data we get from fossils nowadays is insane.
I was in West Kalimantan at Gunung Palung National Park. Ever been around this part of the world? I loved it. I was working at a long-term research site called Cabang Panti. Lots of great work done there with orangutans and rainforest ecology. Sadly I'm not sure when I'll get the chance to go back next. Thanks again!
I happen to live north of Central Kalimantan in the state of Sarawak. That is a part of Malaysia, another country but virtually on the same island that is Borneo! So yea, I am from THAT part of the world although I live a city life.
Appreciate the response. Good posts always makes me think deeply and it'll be sad to not write down my thoughts and mental reactions down as comments.
Lobe to hear from you more and hopefully you get to travel back there if not more bizarre places and uncover stuff that might changes the way society thinks of its ancestral history!