These two ancient skeletons buried at the Gua Chalan site were discovered by archaeologists excavating a limestone cave there before it is flooded by a hydroelectric lake.Image credit: Z. Ramli/Nenggiri Valley Rescue Excavations
Posted on 09/11/2024 5:50:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists think the earliest skeleton from the Malaysian excavation may be up to 16,000 years old.
Archaeologists investigating caves in Malaysia ahead of their flooding for a hydroelectric reservoir have discovered more than a dozen prehistoric burials they think are up to 16,000 years old.
The caves, in the remote Nenggiri Valley about 135 miles (215 kilometers) north of Kuala Lumpur, will be underwater if the reservoir fills as planned in mid-2027, creating a 20-square-mile (53 square km) lake to feed a 300-megawatt hydroelectric power station.
Zuliskandar Ramli, an archaeologist at the National University of Malaysia, told Live Science that most of the skeletons seemed to be from the pre-Neolithic culture of the region.
Some scholars suggest this was a branch of the hunter-gatherer Hoabinhian culture, who made distinctive stone tools found in other parts of Southeast Asia, from southwest China to Indonesia. Scientists also think the Hoabinhian peoples used many wild plants — including pepper, broad beans and betel nut — that are domesticated in the region today.
Ramli, who led the excavations at the Nenggiri Valley, said his team had found a total of 16 individuals buried in 13 limestone caves at four sites.
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These two ancient skeletons buried at the Gua Chalan site were discovered by archaeologists excavating a limestone cave there before it is flooded by a hydroelectric lake.Image credit: Z. Ramli/Nenggiri Valley Rescue Excavations
How ‘bout otters? Any trophies like otter fang necklaces, otter pelts, or otter skulls?
Ahhh….
The good old Hoabinhians.
Used to play polo with them on Saturdays.
Not a good looking group.
Reminded me of Planet of the Apes without a spaceship.
And they rode ostriches instead of horses.
They always had the biggest omelettes.
And after they spent a couple of hours in one room, subsequent visitors would remark, “it smells like a Hoabinhian here.”
So you’ve been to one of my parties.
Thanks for the laugh.
Let Helen Thomas rest in peace.
Hogwash. How was the date determined? The sink hole knows nothing.
Yes, your post is hogwash, as it always is.
My pleasure.
👍😄
You make money off your posts?
Give a guy a break here. I was stuck for a rhyme.
Nonsense! I think they had no idea that plants and animals were edible.
You may know it as Kuala Lumpur, but it will always be Burma to me. ;)
[Archaeologists think the earliest skeleton from the Malaysian excavation may be up to 16,000 years old.]
Man, that really puts “perpetual care” to the test.
“Why did you say Burma?”
“I panicked.”
LOL
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