According to Mongabay, the report mentions that fossils of various species lived in Sumba around 12,000 years ago. Furthermore, the report suggests that it is possible that rare animals originally lived in the Sumba region. This is further supported by the discovery of Komodo fossils, which currently only inhabit Komodo Island, Flores.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving the HTML tags: The researchers' team originated from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) collects fossils from Sumba, as part of the archipelago formerly named Wallacea. This area originated from the biologist Alfred Russel Wallacea, who first defined the boundaries of the region based on the distribution of animal species in Indonesia in the 19th century.

"Maybe because there are too many islands in Indonesia to study. Biologists or paleontologists focusing on the diverse regions in Indonesia are still rare," said Samuel Turvey, a researcher at ZSL. Scientists hope that further research in Sumba can be conducted to gain insights into the evolution of species in that area."