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Tabon Fossils
Subject : Social Science

Tabon Skull Cap

Systematically retrieved during the archaeological excavation in Tabon
Cave, Palawan in 1960, this bone is the earliest skull cap of modern man,
Homo
sapiens
sapiens,
found
in
the
Philippines.

Tabon Mandible
Systematically retrieved during the archaeological excavation undertaken in
Tabon Cave, Quezon, Palawan, this is the earliest evidence of human

remains showing archaic characteristics of a mandible and teeth.

Tabon Tibia Fragment

The bone was recovered in Tabon Cave during its re-excavation in 2000 by
the National Museum. The bone was identified as human and was sent to
National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France for a more detailed

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study. Accelerated carbon dating technique was applied to this bone that
revealed a dating of 47,000 +/- 11-10,000 years ago.