Lenggong Valley
Archaeological landscape on the Malay Peninsula holding one of the longest continuous records of early human occupation outside Africa, spanning roughly 1.83 million to 1,700 years ago - findspot of 'Perak Man', the oldest and most complete human skeleton yet found in Southeast Asia, buried around 11,000 years ago with stone tools and food offerings.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 1,830,000 years ago mainstream
earliest evidence of hominin activity in the valley source - 9,000 BCE mainstream
'Perak Man' buried at Gua Gunung Runtuh source - 2012 CE mainstream
inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source
Where
5.1167° N, 100.9723° E
Sources
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1396/
- https://indiplomacy.com/2026/07/15/lenggong-valley-explore-malaysias-unesco-prehistoric-heritage-and-the-story-of-perak-man/
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