Table 3.

Tabulation of the relative strength of fossil and archaeological evidence for the presence of Homo sapiens in southern Asia and Australia for selected time periods. +++ = strong evidence, ++ = moderate evidence, + = weak evidence, - = relatively good evidence of absence, grey cell = uncertain/insufficient information to assign to one of these categories. For details see text.

Date (ka)	Levant		Arabia		South Asia		Southeast Asia		Australia
	Fossil	Arch.	Fossil	Arch.	Fossil	Arch.	Fossil	Arch.	Fossil	Arch.
40	+++	+++		+		+++	+++	+++	+++	+++
50		++		+		++	+++	++	+	+++
60	++	-		+		++	++
75		++		++		++	+		-	-
100	+++	+++		++		+	+		-	-
140	+	+							-	-