via University of the Philippines Diliman, 12 September 2022: New discoveries from Pilanduk Cave in Palawan.
Archaeologists from UP Diliman (UPD) and the National Museum, and leaders and members of the indigenous Pala’wan community unearthed new discoveries dating back to the last glacial maximum (LGM) or at the height of the last ice age at Pilanduk Cave in Palawan.
The research Tropical island adaptations in Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum: evidence from Palawan presented new data from the re-excavation of Pilanduk Cave such as “evidence for specialized deer hunting and freshwater mollusc foraging, LGM fossils for the tiger and remains of other native mammal and reptile fauna of Palawan,” UPD archaeologist Janine Ochoa, PhD, said in an UPDate Online email interview.
Source: New last ice age findings in Palawan cave – University of the Philippines Diliman
See also:
- Pinoy archaeologists unearth last ice age discoveries in Palawan | Manila Bulletin, 13 Sep 2022
- Re-excavation reveals new ice age findings in Palawan’s Pilanduk Cave | Business Mirror, 14 Sep 2022
- UP archaeologists discover Ice Age human settlement in Pilanduk Cave, Palawan | Philippine Inquirer, 14 Sep 2022
- UP, National Museum archeologists discover Ice Age human settlement in Palawan | Yahoo Philippines, 15 Sep 2022
- Filipino archaeologists find new evidence that humans lived in Palawan during the Ice Age | Coconuts Manila, 15 Sep 2022
