Niah Cave

Exhibit Item
Site: Sarawak, Malaysia
Year of Discovery:
Discovered by: A team led by Tom Harrisson
Age: Between 45,000 and 39,000 years old
Species: Homo sapiens
No Scan

This is currently the oldest modern human skull known from Southeast Asia.

side view of Homo sapiens, Niah Cave skull, Malaysia
Homo sapiens, Niah Cave, Malaysia
(James Di Loreto, & Donald H. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution)