Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins
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Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins (白保竿根田原洞穴遺跡, Shiraho Saonetabaru Doketsu Iseki) is an archeological site located on Ishigaki Island of the Yaeyama Islands
of Japan
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It was discovered in 2007 when plans for the New Ishigaki Airport
were being developed. Remains of human heads, feet, arms were found, in all 9 bones, by the Okinawa Limestone Cave Association.
Researchers from the Ryukyu University as well as Tokyo University came and used radiocarbon dating on the bones, one man's skull bones between 20-30 years was found to be some 20,000 years ago, another two items found to be 18,000 years of age. This would make these bones the oldest ever found in Japanese territory, surpassing those of the Hamakita Site of Shizuoka
's Negata Cave, which were found to date to some 14,000 years ago.
Yaeyama Islands
The Yaeyama Islands are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.The isles are the remotest part of Japan from the main islands and contains Japan's most southern and most western inhabited islands.The islands form the southern part of the volcanic Nansei Islands...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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It was discovered in 2007 when plans for the New Ishigaki Airport
Ishigaki Airport
, is a third-class airport located from Ishigaki city centre in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The airport fields flights to major cities on the Japanese mainland as well as destinations throughout Okinawa Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands.-History:...
were being developed. Remains of human heads, feet, arms were found, in all 9 bones, by the Okinawa Limestone Cave Association.
Researchers from the Ryukyu University as well as Tokyo University came and used radiocarbon dating on the bones, one man's skull bones between 20-30 years was found to be some 20,000 years ago, another two items found to be 18,000 years of age. This would make these bones the oldest ever found in Japanese territory, surpassing those of the Hamakita Site of Shizuoka
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
's Negata Cave, which were found to date to some 14,000 years ago.