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Archaeologists stumble on 8,000-year-old skeleton in Kenyir Lake [Malaysia]
Daily Star (Burma) ^ | Saturday February 6, 2010 | Bernama

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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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; malaysia

1 posted on 02/07/2010 9:52:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 02/07/2010 9:52:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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3 posted on 02/07/2010 9:54:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Prof Datuk Dr Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman

What the heck kinda name is that...?

4 posted on 02/07/2010 9:55:37 AM PST by ThreePuttinDude (o).. Elect Marco Rubio in 2010 .. (o)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Probably his Twitter nick.


5 posted on 02/07/2010 10:04:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Malaysian Muslim...


6 posted on 02/07/2010 10:36:45 AM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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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.

7 posted on 02/07/2010 10:38:33 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: SunkenCiv
"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. "

This should be real interesting. Please ping me if you happen across these DNA test results.

8 posted on 02/07/2010 10:43:24 AM PST by blam
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To: ThreePuttinDude

“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!


9 posted on 02/07/2010 12:55:13 PM PST by Towed_Jumper (Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
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Prof Datuk Dr is his title - prof. and dr. is clear, and datuk is (according to msn) in Malaysia, the title of a man who is a member of a senior order of chivalry - prof datuk or prof dato is an academic honorific. That leaves Nik Hasan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman. In the article, he is referred to only as Nik Hasan Shuhaimi, in other texts, his name is given as Nik Hasan Shuhaimi bin Nik Abdul Rahman, so the second part of his name is his patronymic.

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.

10 posted on 02/08/2010 4:46:03 AM PST by bezelbub
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To: ThreePuttinDude
What the heck kinda name is that...?

See here.

11 posted on 02/08/2010 4:49:15 AM PST by bezelbub
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To: SunkenCiv
If these archeologists would learn to pick up their feet when they walk they'd not stumble quite as much.

It amazes me that an 8,000 year old skeleton would just be laying about ready to be stumbled upon.

12 posted on 02/08/2010 6:20:37 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: John O

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. :’)


13 posted on 02/08/2010 8:45:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: blam

It’ll probably show up on Archaeologica, so I’ll see it, maybe post the update to you right here?


14 posted on 02/08/2010 8:46:26 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

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...


15 posted on 02/08/2010 8:47:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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