Posted on 02/07/2010 9:52:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have stumbled upon human skeletal remains believed to be from the Mesolithic Age in the Bewah Cave in the Kenyir Lake area, according to a university professor. The remains, believed to be those of a youth, are estimated to be between 8,000 and 11,000 years old, said Prof Datuk Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman, deputy director of the Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation (ATMA) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The remains were uncovered by archaeologists from UKM, the Museums Department and the Terengganu Museum Board at a depth of 65 to 70 centimetres, he told reporters after a visit by Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said and reporters to the cave on Saturday. DNA samples from the remains had been sent to the United States for analysis, he said, adding that the results were expected next month at the latest. The find was the second in the Kenyir Lake area, the first one being in the Batu Tok Bidan Cave in 1975, he said.
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What the heck kinda name is that...?
Probably his Twitter nick.
Malaysian Muslim...
Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, who is heading the team of archaeologists excavating at the site, said pieces of pottery believed to date back to the Neolithic Age were also found there.
"Among the pieces of pottery are some bearing what resembles rock painting which researchers have dug up at sites of the Neolithic Age elsewhere in the country," he said.
Menteri Besar Ahmad said the state government would carry on with excavation to find other historical artefacts.
This should be real interesting. Please ping me if you happen across these DNA test results.
“Prof Datuk Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman. What the heck kinda name is that...?”
No kidding...just think of the size of his business card!
So, he is Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, son of a certain Nik Abdul Rahman, an excellent academic. Fits on a card as well as
John Smith III, Ph.D.
See here.
It amazes me that an 8,000 year old skeleton would just be laying about ready to be stumbled upon.
Heh... in Egypt that so-called Valley of the Golden Mummies has been out there for a couple of thousand years, it’s estimated to have 10,000 or more mummies in it, and no one suspected a thing until a donkey carrying a tourist stepped in a hole. :’)
It’ll probably show up on Archaeologica, so I’ll see it, maybe post the update to you right here?
That is interesting, isn’t it? Makes one wonder if that happened in Europe, although ceramic utensils are not known until thousands of years after the first ceramics...
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