Aitape Skull (image)

University of Notre Dame

Caption

This photo shows the skull bone fragment found outside Aitape, Papua New Guinea, in 1929. The bone has been dated to be about 6,000 years old and likely belongs to the world's first known tsunami victim.

Credit

Arthur Durband, Kansas State University.

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