Saturday, December 22, 2007

PERSPECTIVES

Fossils found reveal the origin of human begins in Myanmar Experts of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education and French palaeontologists conducted a field study of the environs of Paukkhaung, Ma- gyeegan and Bahin Villages in Myaing Township in Magway Division in search of fossils from 19 November to 8 December this year.The field study of the fossils in Pontaung region began in March 1997 with the assistance of the geologists from universities of the Ministry of Education.
Members of Myanmar-French expedition team discovered an upper molar of a primate, the fossils of two front teeth and the bone of a left thigh of a primate in Bahin and Magyeegan Villages in Myaing Township in Magway Division on 1 and 4 December.
The team also found jaw and teeth of the origins of goat and pig and teeth of other origins of carnivores in the region.The French palaeontologists have carried out field work in Myanmar science 1998.They also conducted research work in 2005 joining hands with the Ministry of Culture and found more fossils.
The fossils they found is proof that human beings originated in Myanmar 40 million years ago. Moreover, the discovery of the articles and other belongings of successive periods and the fossils of primate reveal the existence of stone age culture in Myanmar.
The success of research on fossils by Myanmar-French palaeontologists and other interesting fossils support the fact that human beings originated in Myanmar.

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