Fig. 1: Physiographic attributes of the study area.
From: Onset of summer aridification and the decline of Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua 61,000 years ago
a Location of the island of Flores, Indonesia. Grey shading shows land exposed above the present-day –80 m isobath at the sea-level lowstand around 65 ka. b Digital elevation map of western Flores with study site locations. c Topographic map showing the proximity of Liang Luar and Liang Bua in the Wae Racang river valley. Symbols indicate auxiliary datasets discussed in the text: archaeological sites with Stegodon tooth enamel isotope data (triangles); rainfall isotope monitoring sites (squares); and modern rainfall analogues for reconstructed changes in monsoon seasonality (circles). Base maps were created using QGIS software and the GEBCO23 grid108.
