So Cool! 10,000-Year-Old Fossils, Skeletons And Drawings Found In Perlis

Wahh, so cool!

Fossils, human skeletons together with cave drawings were recently found in Bukit Keteri and Gua Semadong, dated back to the protohistory (the period or stage of human development or of a particular culture immediately prior to the emergence of writing) era. 

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This proves that Perlis was once a settlement of this community.

According to NST, the National Heritage Department commissioner Mohd Azmi Mohd Yusof said the fossils and skeletons in Bukit Keteri and the drawings in the shape of cos, elephants, snakes, apes and humans were discovered in 2018.

“Many of the fragments of the human skeleton fossils found in Bukit Keteri are estimated to be between 5,000 and 10,000 years old and the cave drawings in Gua Semadong, believed to have Hindu-Buddhist influences estimated to date back to the 5th to the 10th century,” he said.

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He also added that previous research carried out in Perlis, discovered that Bukit Chuping, Bukit Tunku Lembu, Bukit Ngulang, Bukit Kerengga and Bukit Changkul areas were once settlements and funeral grounds for Paleolithic and Neolithic communities, based on the discoveries of various types of artefacts including stone tools and earthenware. 

The areas concerned will be gazetted as historical sites to protect them from being compromised. 

The discoveries of these artefacts are crucial for the history of Perlis, he added. 

This is so cool! 

By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat