16,000-year-old skeleton, crystals and stone tools discovered in Malaysian caves

Live Science ^ | September 10, 2024 | Tom Metcalfe

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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

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[BradyLS]

How ‘bout otters? Any trophies like otter fang necklaces, otter pelts, or otter skulls?

[blueunicorn6]

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.

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[SunkenCiv]

And after they spent a couple of hours in one room, subsequent visitors would remark, “it smells like a Hoabinhian here.”

[blueunicorn6]

So you’ve been to one of my parties.

Thanks for the laugh.

[tumblindice]

Let Helen Thomas rest in peace.

[Fungi]

Hogwash. How was the date determined? The sink hole knows nothing.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, your post is hogwash, as it always is.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[BradyLS]

👍😄

[Fungi]

You make money off your posts?

[Billthedrill]

I remember the old Hoabinhians
They loved to express their opinions
"Vote Trump" they once said
"Or we'll cut off your head!"
And their voting machines weren't Dominians.

Give a guy a break here. I was stuck for a rhyme.

[TigersEye]

Scientists also think the Hoabinhian peoples used many wild plants

Nonsense! I think they had no idea that plants and animals were edible.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You may know it as Kuala Lumpur, but it will always be Burma to me. ;)

[PLMerite]

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

“Why did you say Burma?”
“I panicked.”

[SunkenCiv]

LOL