The coverage of the Neolithic skeletons unearthed in Sarawak continues… (Read my fuller account here).
Malaysian archaeologists find complete Neolithic skeletons
AFP, via The Nation (Pakistan), 19 September 2008
Neolithic skeletons found: report
SBS, 19 September 2008
Skeletons shed light on humans during Neolithic age
The Star, 19 September 2008
Archaeologists have found two groups of complete Neolithic human remains in peninsular Malaysia and on Borneo island that may better explain prehistoric human life, reports said Friday.
Archaeologists say the remains are more than 3,000 years old and were found within two months of each other, in prehistoric burial grounds surrounded by ceremonial beads, pottery, shells and animal bones, the Sun daily reported.
“These remains are very important as the skeletons are almost fully complete,†Mokhtar Saidin, head of the Malaysian Centre for Archaeological Research told the paper. The first set of remains found in a mangrove swamp on the island of Pulau Kalumpang off northern Perak state consists of three Mongoloid males aged between 15 and 35 years old, the Sun reported.
