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    The Tabon Caves in Palawan, Philippines are known as the "Cradle of Philippine Civilization" as they contain some of the oldest human remains in the country, including the Tabon Man fossil which was carbon dated to 16,500 years old, making it one of the oldest human remains discovered. The caves have yielded extensive archaeological findings across different time periods ranging from 50,000 years ago to the 14th century, providing insights into the early inhabitants of the region. Some of the most significant artifacts found include the 47,000 year old tibia bone and the Manunggul Jar dated to 890-710 BC.

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    The Tabon Caves in Palawan, Philippines are known as the "Cradle of Philippine Civilization" as they contain some of the oldest human remains in the country, including the Tabon Man fossil which was carbon dated to 16,500 years old, making it one of the oldest human remains discovered. The caves have yielded extensive archaeological findings across different time periods ranging from 50,000 years ago to the 14th century, providing insights into the early inhabitants of the region. Some of the most significant artifacts found include the 47,000 year old tibia bone and the Manunggul Jar dated to 890-710 BC.

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    The Tabon Caves in Palawan, Philippines are known as the "Cradle of Philippine Civilization" as they contain some of the oldest human remains in the country, including the Tabon Man fossil which was carbon dated to 16,500 years old, making it one of the oldest human remains discovered. The caves have yielded extensive archaeological findings across different time periods ranging from 50,000 years ago to the 14th century, providing insights into the early inhabitants of the region. Some of the most significant artifacts found include the 47,000 year old tibia bone and the Manunggul Jar dated to 890-710 BC.

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    TABON CAVES – Cradle of Philippine Civilization

    Tabon caves is known as the “Cradle of Philippine Civilization”; home to the


    “Tabon Man”  whose fossils were  carbon dated to 16,500 yrs – one of the oldest
    human fossil discoveries.
     Tabon Caves Complex in Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan…

    tabon caves-quezon-palawan
    The Tabon Cave Complex is  a 138-hectare museum site reservation at the  western coastline of
    Quezon town,  Southern Palawan. It lies northwest of the  town proper,  bound on the north, east
    and west parts by coastal sea; it is  an isthmus connected to mainland by mangroves. 
    Although there is only one cave originally named Tabon, all caves in Lipuun Point Reservation
    have become collectively known as Tabon Cave Complex where numerous archaeological
    artifacts have been discovered since 1962.  Presidential Proclamation No. 996  dated April 11,
    1972, declared the cave complex and all of Lipuun Point in Quezon, Palawan a site museum
    reservation. 
    The excavation site...

    tabon caves excavation image


    tabon caves excavation 2

    There are about 215 caves in the reservation, 38 of which have been established to be of
    archaeological and anthropological significance. Presently,  only seven caves are accessible
    and open to the public. Between 1962 and 1966, an archaeological exploration was
    conducted by a team from the National Museum headed by anthropologist Dr. Robert
    Fox in the Tabon Caves Complex.  It brought to light an astonishing concentration of
    archaeological cave sites containing substantial cultural materials with an extensive time
    range unsurpassed in the Philippines, and possibly equaled only in a few sites in Southeast
    Asia. (quoted from National Museum)

    See a video below courtesy of “Joecapistrano GMA News MAG Tours Palawan”
    Skull of Tabon man carbon dated to 16,500 years, discovered by Dr. Robert Fox on May 28,
    1962…

     
    The artifacts recovered belong to different periods ranging from 50,000 years ago to the 14th
    century A.D. The most celebrated archaeological find is the Tabon Man, one of the oldest known
    human skeletal remains in the Philippines dating back to 16,500 years (14,000 B.C.). The oldest
    human fossil so far recovered from the Tabon Caves, however, is a tibia (bone of the lower leg)
    that dates back to 47,000 years (45,000 B.C.).
    The oldest human fossil  recovered from the Tabon Cave

    tabon man tibia fossil

    The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial  jar excavated from a Neolithic


    burial site in Manunggul cave of Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point at Palawan dating from 890–710
    B.C.  The two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to
    the after life.
    The Manunggul Jar is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest
    Philippine pre-colonial artworks ever produced and is a considered a masterpiece.

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