Pollen studies of the core indicate a brief decline of forest pollen about 17,800 BP along with increased sedimentation characteristic of cleared land. Taken by themselves, these data would probably be interpreted in terms of natural climate changes. It is possible, therefore, that men were clearing land for planting in North Sumatra almost 18,000 years ago.
Some archeologists hotly disoute the early dates mentioned above.
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