lunes, 18 de junio de 2012

Pre-historic human skeleton discovered in Sri Lanka

Jun 18, Colombo: Archaeology Department of Sri Lanka has found a skeleton of a pre-historic man from the Fa-Hien cave archaeological site in Pahiyangala of Kalutara district.

The skeleton is believed to be about 12,000 years old and belonged to the Homo sapiens species known as Balangoda Man.

Director General of the Archaeological Department Dr. Senarath Dissanayaka has said that a full skeleton of the Balangoda Man was found during excavations of the Fa-Hien cave. This is the first time a complete skeleton of a pre-historic human was discovered, according to the official.

Several other remains belonging to an older era have been found earlier from the site. These include two pre-historic human skulls that are about 37,000 years old.

The cave has been known for late Pleistocene human skeletal remains discovered in the 1960s and 1980s. colombopage.com

Link 2: Ancient' skeleton excavated in Sri Lanka

Actualización 20-06-12. Descubren el esqueleto humano más antiguo en Sri Lanka.
Hoy, 20 de junio, unos arqueólogos descubrieron en Sri Lanka el esqueleto de un hombre que vivió hace treinta y siete mil años. Posiblemente esto pueda ser testimonio de que en aquella época Asia del Sur estaba habitada por el Homo sapiens.

Según informan los arqueólogos, los restos fueron descubiertos en la cueva Fa-Hien en la parte occidental de la isla. Los científicos también descubrieron instrumentos de trabajo fabricados con piedras, huesos y adornos de abalorios. Como reporta uno de los arqueólogos, enviarán el esqueleto al laboratorio para determinar su edad mediante la datación por radiocarbono. El especialista subrayó que es la primera vez que descubren en Sri Lanka un esqueleto entero de un hombre prehistórico. spanish.ruvr.ru

Actualización 05-04-15. Pahiyangala skeleton belongs to woman who lived 10,000 years ago | Daily News 
The skeleton found at Pahiyangala in the Kalutara district in 2012 belongs to a woman who lived 10,000 years ago, experts have found following research.

Anthropologists from the Oxford University of Britain following high technology research on fossils like DNA residues found out this, said archaeology lecturer and Archaeology Department former Deputy Director General Nimal Perera.

When the skeleton was found in 2012, experts said they believed it belonged to a prehistoric man.This was the first time a complete skeleton of a pre-historic man was found in the country, at the Fahien cave archeological site, Pahiyangala. 


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Actualización. Descubren el esqueleto humano más antiguo en Sri Lanka.

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Actualización: Pahiyangala skeleton belongs to woman who lived 10,000 years ago | Daily News