A lower human jawbone of a “Penghu hominid” has been found in the Penghu Channel. Academia Sinica academician Tsang Chen-hua, whose research for a long time has been focused on fossils found in the Penghu Channel, says that the area is rich in old cultural relics, and that the signs of use or cuts on fossilized animal bones been found there in the past are indeed signs of human activity.
The Penghu Channel — the area between Magong City on Penghu and Taiwan proper — is colloquially known as the “black ditch.” At 90m deep, the bottom is too deep for regular divers to reach, and it can only be observed through a periscope. Most fossils found there are netted by fishermen, and they include rhinoceros, elephant, deer antler, horse and hyena fossils. These are all animals that would have come across on a land bridge, and after inspection, they have been found to be between 10,000 and 30,000 years old.
(Liberty Times, translated by Perry Svensson)
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Liberty Times
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澎湖水道發現澎湖原人下顎骨，長期致力於澎湖水道出水化石研究的中研院院士臧振華博士表示，澎湖水道古文物豐富，由過去出水動物化石骨骼上使用或砍伐的痕跡判讀，確有人類活動的跡象。
澎湖水道就是馬公至台灣之間的海域，俗稱「黑水溝」，水深逾九十米，一般潛水夫無法到達，只能用潛望鏡觀察。多數出水化石都是漁民捕撈到，包括犀牛、大象、鹿角、馬、鬣狗等，屬陸橋動物群，經鑑定為距今一萬至三萬年前的古生物。
（自由時報記者劉禹慶）
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