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Tuesday, April 10
April 10, 2012

In Malaysia’s easternmost state of Sabah, which is located on the northern tip of the island of Borneo, archaeologists found more than 1,000 stone tools scattered on the ground while walking to Samang Buat Cave. The tools indicate that humans came to Borneo from the Asia at least 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. Conservators at […]

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Monday, April 9
April 9, 2012

Mining for metal in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu has sliced into a burial ground for 3,500-year-old urns. The unmarked urns, which were covered by only one or two feet of soil, held human remains and ritual pottery. Similar burial grounds have been found in the region, some with stone circle markers on […]

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