Cudugnon Cave in El Nido

Cudugnon Cave

El Nido, Philippines

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Where is the Cudugnon cave?

Cudugnon Cave is a small but fascinating cave located on Bacuit Bay in El Nido. It's one of the highlights of island hopping (usually Tour B) Archaeologists found ancient tools, pottery, and even human remains here, believed to be thousands of years old.

What is the history of Cudugnon cave?

It is said that Cudugnon Cave serves as a Neolithic burial site or a natural catacomb for ancient Palawenos and settlers from Borneo, making it a very important archeological site. Experts found ancient pieces of jewelry, pottery artifacts, and human bones dated back to the Sung Dynasty between 960 and 1279 A.D.

What is the Tabon cave known for?

The Tabon Cave, itself, is the site where possibly the oldest Homo sapiens sapiens fossil evidence in Southeast Asia in the form of a tibia fragment dating to 47,000+/- 11-10,000 years ago (IV-2000-T-97) has been found (Dizon et al, 2002, Annex 8).

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