Karst cave.
| Location: | Lipuun Point, Quezon. 30-minute banca ride from the town of Quezon. 155km from Puerto Princesa City. |
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Karst cave.
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:36:42 $ |
| 1962 | discovered by Dr. Robert Fox and his team from the National Museum, start of excavations. | |
| 1970 | excavations ended. | |
| 1972 | declared a Museum Reservation Site by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 996. |
Tabon Caves are famous for the found skull cap of the Tabon man, which are 22,000 years old. The wer discivered together with the cave by Dr. Robert Fox and his team from the National Museum. The cave is said to be half a Million years old, and have been inhabited for almost 50,000 years.
The Tabon cave complex consists of 29 explored caves, but there are 200 caves known on Lipuun Point. They are maintained and managed by the National Museum. One of the caves is open to the public.
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