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Monday, 26 May 2025

140,000-year-old city found at the bottom of the ocean

 A groundbreaking discovery is challenging the origin story of humans as scientists discover a 140,000-year-old sunken city buried under water off the coast of Indonesia.

The skull of Homo erectus, an ancient human ancestor, has been discovered more than 140,000 years after it was first buried under layers of mud and sand in the Strait of Madura between the islands of Java and Madura.

Researchers believe their discovery may be the first physical evidence of a lost world of a prehistoric landmass also known as Sundaland, which once connected Southeast Asia and was a vast tropical plain.

In the lost city, along with the skull bones, scientists discovered about 6,000 fossils of animals of 36 species, including: Komodo dragons, buffaloes, deer, elephants....<<<Read More>>>...