The Cave is around 7,000 years old


Tens of thousands of bones, both animal and human, were found covering the floor of a dried-up lava tube in northwestern Saudi Arabia, which experts say was a hyena feasting ground for thousands of years.

Archaeologists found the massive pile of bones while exploring the lava tube of Umm Jirsan that has been radiocarbon dated to several eras spanning over 7,000 years.

The team suggests striped hyenas are behind the bed of bones that consists of 40 different species, and includes humans, horses, donkeys, camels, goat, gazelle and even other hyenas.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9840709/Hyenas-stored-tens-thousands-bones-Saudi-Arabia-lava-tube-6-000-years.html

The team further investigated one chamber they refer to as the 'Wolf Den' due to the massive amount of bones found inside.

A total of 1,917 bones and teeth were collected from the tens of thousands of bones inside the den for further investigation and 1,073 of them were identifiable to a specific skeletal element.


Approximately 13 samples selected for radiocarbon dating, which showed some bones were 6,839 years old.

'Forty-two percent of the bone has evidence for carnivore processing, which includes gnaw marks, gastric etching, and rounding from licking.

Gnaw marks take the form of tooth pits,' according to the study.

The giant hyenas are believed to have transported the entire body of smaller animals to the cave, while larger animals were ripped to pieces and only nutritional limbs were brought back to the lava tube.

The human remains uncovered inside the Wolf Den were skulls.

The Umm Jirsan lava tube, located in the desert region of Haret Bani Rashid, in eastern Khaybar, is believed to be one of several lava tubes in the area, caves that were formed within a lava from a nearby volcano thousands of years ago.

Wonderful

There are so many things yet to be discovered in this world yet.

Explorers doing things since 98 BC

Alhamdulilah.

Thank You Jesus.

Interesting!
If only dry bones would rise again, we'd know the actual truth!

Explorers:
The Cave is around 7,000 years old


Tens of thousands of bones, both animal and human, were found covering the floor of a dried-up lava tube in northwestern Saudi Arabia, which experts say was a hyena feasting ground for thousands of years.

Archaeologists found the massive pile of bones while exploring the lava tube of Umm Jirsan that has been radiocarbon dated to several eras spanning over 7,000 years.

The team suggests striped hyenas are behind the bed of bones that consists of 40 different species, and includes humans, horses, donkeys, camels, goat, gazelle and even other hyenas.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9840709/Hyenas-stored-tens-thousands-bones-Saudi-Arabia-lava-tube-6-000-years.html

who pays this people

Afon.. people will soon start flooding to the area, FG should start denying them visas.

They keep making research and collecting data from ancient times. But here is Nigeria our archaeologist just dey chill for staff quarters

No one cares about that sh**hole.

So, what's the story behind the cave??
What brought about the origin of the cave?

heniford2:
who pays this people

The people who visit their museums.,, and the people who buy and read the books about their discoveries..
Those are the ones who fund them.
Their money doesn't come from the Government.
Rather, they pay tax to the Government.
(Unless their researches are for non-profit purposes)

ednut1:
They keep making research and collecting data from ancient times. But here is Nigeria our archaeologist just dey chill for staff quarters

It's about passion

This archeologists should go and make findings in Daura

They may find Buhari's sense there. Who knows?

What an iconic discovery.
Who will gather those bones...? Just too plenty!