via Borneo Post, 31 July 2023: The Premier of Sarawak has announced that new archaeological findings at the Niah Caves suggest human presence there about 60,000 years ago, 20,000 years earlier than previously believed.
He said archaeological experts from a university in Australia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) have looked at the archaeological significance at the Niah Caves.
“This is an important discovery for us to research on civilisation. Sarawak is rich in heritages and among them is the Niah settlement.
“Civilisation is part of the world and there are now discoveries that human settlement started in the Niah Caves around 60,000 years ago, exceeding the previous discoveries of 40,000 years,” he said at the launch of the national-level International Museum Day 2023 at the Borneo Cultures Museum here today.
Abang Johari said the research on the Niah Caves should go further in-depth so as to give mankind new knowledge and discoveries on civilisation.
Source: New discoveries suggest human pre-history existed 60,000 years ago in Niah Caves, says Abg Jo
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