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and his team visited the thick forest of Isarun where they conducted an extensive research on the place, they worked rigorously and subsequently excavated bones of stone age man in a cave dated to have been around 11,200 years old, other exhumed artifacts such as pottery works dating as far back as
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the state capital. The village gained international attraction in 1922 when a hunter, Chief Obele, first discovered the
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1000 BC, human bones and a cast of skull was said to have been deposited at the
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museum and some were reportedly taken to London for research work.
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isarun is located in Nigeria
7°24′15″N 5°4′1″E / 7.40417°N 5.06694°E / 7.40417; 5.06694

Nigeria
Ondo State
Ifedore
Time zone
UTC+1
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Ifedore
Ondo State
Akure
Cave of Ashes
yorùbá
Thurstan Shaw
University of Ibadan
"Cave Ashes, Isharun Ondo"
"Skull points to a more complex human evolution in Africa"
"Nigeria: Despite Neglect, Isarun Stone Age Cave Dazzles"
"Iho Eleru: Inside Ondo's 13,000-year-old cave of ashes"
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Ondo State
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Populated places in Ondo State

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