Stone tool analysis of sites in Southeast Asia provided evidence that the area was a technological leader in seafaring. Archaeology supports that, 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia ...

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New archaeological evidence suggests that ancient inhabitants of the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia had the advanced plant-working technology needed for sophisticated boat building and open-sea ...

For centuries, scholars have been baffled by one question: How did the islands of Southeast Asia become populated so early in human history? While researchers have long assumed that the migration ...

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A new study by the Ateneo de Manila University claims that newly uncovered archeological evidence has shown signs that early Filipinos had already mastered boatbuilding and other seafaring skills over ...

IRAN, a land with a civilization stretching back more than five thousand years, has always been one of the most significant cultural and civilizational centers in West Asia and the world. With ancient ...

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