The Tabon Cave on the west coast of Palawan was named after the tabon bird, which deposited thick layers of guano during periods when the cave was uninhabited. Thus was produced a cement-like ...

called Tabon, so named after a megapode bird that digs its nest into the ground. This was the site to first establish the presence of humans in the Philippines during the Pleistocene. The different ...

Of the 29 explored caves, we were given an opportunity to visit three: Liyang Cave (the first cave, serving as the entrance to the complex), Diwata Cave (home of the Tabon birds, or balinsasayaw), and ...

It was named Tabon after the large bird that lays eggs in huge holes it digs into cave floors. “The cave mouth is 33 meters above sea level. No signs of seashells on cave floor deposits.

A team of researchers found these tools in Tabon Cave, located in the Palawan Province in the western Philippines. The scientists’ radiocarbon dating found these tools were as old as 39,000 ...

According to Mark Salazar's report on "24 Oras," Monday, the three stone tools were found inside the Tabon Cave, where bones of prehistoric humans who lived 47,000 years ago were also found in 2002.