via Borneo Post, 22 October 2018: New materials recovered from the Niah Cave complex pushes the dates of human habitation to 65,000 years and shedding light into early modern humans in Southeast Asia.
Darren Curnoe. Source: Borneo Post 20181012
Human civilisation has been established to exist as far back as 65,000 years ago at Niah Caves complex, Sarawak – vastly exceeding the previous estimate of 35,000 years following the initial discovery of the ‘Deep Skull lady’ at the cave complex.
Discovered in the Niah Caves back in 1958, the ‘Deep Skull lady’ are remains of a female human skull that was ascribed an age of about 35,000 years, making it one of the oldest modern humans discovered in South-East Asia.
See also:
- Sarawak Museum-UNSW joint research on Niah Caves’ ‘Deep Skull’ | Borneo Post, 22 October 2018
- Batu mikrolit 65,000 tahun, tertua di dunia; serpihan tengkorak 55,000 tahun, tertua di Malaysia ditemui di Gua Dagang, Niah | Sarawak Voice, 22 October 2018 [Bahasa Malaysia]
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