“…Sediments between ∼190 and 50 ka old reveal an impoverished insular fauna that includes small-bodied hominins ( Homo floresiensis Brown et al, 2004 ), pygmy proboscideans ( Stegodon florensis insularis Van den Bergh et al, 2008 ), komodo dragons ( Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 ), and multiple species of rats, bats and birds, including giant marabou storks ( Leptoptilos robustus Meijer & Due, 2010 ) and vultures ( Trigonoceps sp. Lesson, 1842 ) ( Morwood et al, 2004 ; Morwood et al, 2005 ; Van den Bergh et al, 2009 ; Hocknull et al, 2009 ; Meijer et al, 2010 ; Meijer et al, 2013 ; Meijer et al, 2015 ; Locatelli, 2011 ; Veatch, 2015 ).…”