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Scientists have made a discovery buried under the sea off the coast of Indonesia that could potentially change the course of human history.
Scientists have discovered a 140,000-year-old human skull buried in the sand of the Madura Strait, between the islands of Java and Madura.
Experts say the site could be the first physical evidence of a lost world (the sunken Sundaland, a prehistoric region connected to Southeast Asia) that was a vast expanse of land along rivers 140,000 years ago.
Along with the skull bones, researchers also discovered 6,000 fossils of 36 animal species, including the remains of Komodo dragons, buffalo, deer and elephants.
Some of these had signs of forced cutting, proving that early humans used modern methods to hunt animals.
The remains were discovered by maritime sand miners in 2011, but experts have only recently determined their age and species, a major breakthrough in the field of paleoanthropology.
In the study, experts discovered the buried Sulu River valley system under the sea and estimated the age of these remains to be between 162,000 and 119,000 years.
