Thursday, July 21, 2005
This Day:

French and Indonesian archaeologists and cavers have discovered evidence of Stone Age human settlements in caves on the island of Borneo, Indonesia. Human and animal bones, ceramics, and charcoal found in the caves suggest that humans cooked and ate there some 10,000 years ago. Several of hitherto unknown paintings dating from the same period have also been discovered:):).

Boats and Dancing, Niah Great Cave, Sarawak (Courtesy: Sarawak Museum)
A National Geographic team set out to survey six of the most ornately decorated caves located in limestone formations spread through some 60 miles (100 kilometers) of dense jungle in the Marang mountains on the Mangkalihat peninsula of east Borneo. Three more caves were discovered during the expedition.
Inside the rock shelters, the researchers excavated stone tools and artifacts made of ceramic, animal bones, and freshwater shells. In some places, they found human bones. Animal bones found with charcoal lead researchers to surmise that humans cooked and ate the animals as food.

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2 Comments:

At July 23, 2005 6:44 AM, Blogger Unknown said...
Hi,

Been a looooooooooong time since I have haunted ur site. Well, my new net connexn is gonna come next week, and Im gonna haunt more oft.

U have posted quite a lot after I last visited. Now I have a whole lot of archives to look at!

And, yea, to let u know, i'm currently working on a project on 'genetic inheritance of neuronal networks'. please let me know of any useful stuff relating to the topic. Of course, take ur own time, coz I'll be able to read it only after the new connexn arrives!
 
At July 23, 2005 7:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
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