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HUMANS IN THIS REGION MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION YEARS AGO
PENANG (Malaysia), Jan 29 (Bernama) -- Researchers from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)'s Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia (PPAM) have determined that early humans in the region existed here more than 1.8 million years ago based on artifacts found in Bukit Bunuh, Lenggong, Perak.
Lenggong is a town in northern state of Perak, Malaysia. It is situated 100
km north of Perak's capital city Ipoh.
The centre's director, Associate Professor Dr Mokhtar Saidin, said the
proof, found in a 'Hulu Perak and East Sabah Quartenary Study' that has been
going on since 2001, were stone artifacts like handaxes.
"The artifacts, embedded in 'suevite' rock, a type of stone formed by
meteorite action, shows the existence of earliest humans in this region," he
said at a news conference at PPAM here Thursday which was also attended by USM
vice-chancellor, Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak.
USM is a public universiti situated in northen Penang state.
Mokhtar said the suevite rock had been dated using 'fission track dating'
at the Japanese Geochronology Laboratory in Tokyo and found to be around 1.8
million years old.
He said the find had changed world history.
"This directly demolished earlier proof that early humans were only at
Sangiran, in Jawa, Indonesia between 1.2-1.7 million years ago.
"It also suggests that humans existed earlier than suggested by the "Out of
Africa" theory that they existed 1.8 million years ago.
"The study also for the first time provides chronometric proof of the
existence of handaxes in the region was since 1.8 million years and rejects the
Movius Line theory that says no such itmes were in this region," he said.
Mokhtar said his team will continue to look for human fossil proof to
strengthen the new findings.
"We have detected signs of human artifacts and new findings will be on human
proof like teeth, bones and the like," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Lenggong is a town in northern state of Perak, Malaysia. It is situated 100
km north of Perak's capital city Ipoh.
The centre's director, Associate Professor Dr Mokhtar Saidin, said the
proof, found in a 'Hulu Perak and East Sabah Quartenary Study' that has been
going on since 2001, were stone artifacts like handaxes.
"The artifacts, embedded in 'suevite' rock, a type of stone formed by
meteorite action, shows the existence of earliest humans in this region," he
said at a news conference at PPAM here Thursday which was also attended by USM
vice-chancellor, Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak.
USM is a public universiti situated in northen Penang state.
Mokhtar said the suevite rock had been dated using 'fission track dating'
at the Japanese Geochronology Laboratory in Tokyo and found to be around 1.8
million years old.
He said the find had changed world history.
"This directly demolished earlier proof that early humans were only at
Sangiran, in Jawa, Indonesia between 1.2-1.7 million years ago.
"It also suggests that humans existed earlier than suggested by the "Out of
Africa" theory that they existed 1.8 million years ago.
"The study also for the first time provides chronometric proof of the
existence of handaxes in the region was since 1.8 million years and rejects the
Movius Line theory that says no such itmes were in this region," he said.
Mokhtar said his team will continue to look for human fossil proof to
strengthen the new findings.
"We have detected signs of human artifacts and new findings will be on human
proof like teeth, bones and the like," he said.
-- BERNAMA
