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Slaughtered rhino from Kalinga just changed world history
Ralf Rivas
Published 7:25 AM, May 11, 2018

MANILA, Philippines – A group of archaeologists

unearthed remains of a butchered, ancient rhinoceros
in Rizal, Kalinga in 2014. It seems nothing out of
the ordinary, as finding ancient animal remains is not
really earth-shattering in the world of science.

But it turns out, the bones date back all the way
to 709,000 years ago – a time where textbooks
say a time that humans did not exist in any
Philippine island.
The bones had cut marks, indicating that humans
slaughtered the rhino using sharp stone tools.
So, who killed the rhino?
The exciting discovery just led to more questions.
The team is now more motivated to search for the
ancient humans or “archaic hominis” that butchered
the rhino.

It was long believed that humans first set foot in the
Philippines 67,000 years ago, based on the uncovered
human remains in the Callao Cave, in Cagayan. The
team’s discovery may dispute that by over tenfold.
It was a glorious day for the team led by professor
Thomas Ingicco of the Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, and Clyde Jago-on and Marian Reyes of
the Philippine National Museum.
Archaeologist Kathryn Manalo first saw a tooth one
meter deep in the excavation area.
Lising says they have a likely suspect: the Homo
erectus. Homo erectus were the most mobile among
the hominis, reaching various lands coming from
ancient Africa. They lived some two million years.
Homo sapiens, our species, came to be only around
300,000 years ago. Lising said, “Clearly, we’re babies
compared to them.”
“We’re going to have the direct evidence because we
found smaller bones of lizards. So if small bones
can survive, what more for the much larger human
bones?” Lising explained.

“The local people who were working for us said bato
lang ‘yan [that is only a rock], but then I said, let’s
wait for it, and when we finally got the confirmation,
it was an amazing moment because that was the first
part of rhino that we found,” Manalo said.
We will have to wait for archaeologists to find human
remains before history books are changed.
https://www.rappler.com/nation/202239-killed-
rhinoceros-remains-kalinga-world-history

Researchers got their hands even dirtier, digging

inch by inch, being very careful not to damage other
potential finds. The team eventually unearthed the
rhinoceros fossil that was 75% intact. They also
found some 50 stone tools near the fossil.

“Rhino remains, plus stone tools, plus butchery

marks, equals indirect evidence [of] presence of
ancient humans,” said Jeremy Barns, director of the
National Museum.
 Facts About The Sun
One million Earths could fit
inside the Sun. If a hollow Sun
was filled up with spherical
Earths then around 960,000
would fit inside. On the
other hand if these
Earths were squished
inside with no wasted
space then around 1,300,000
would fit inside. The Sun’s
surface area is 11,990 times that
of the Earth’s.
The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass in the
Solar System. The mass of the Sun is approximately
330,000 times greater than that of Earth. It is almost
three quarters Hydrogen, whilst most of the remaining
mass is Helium.
The Sun is an almost perfect sphere. There is only a 10
kilometre difference in its polar diameter compared to
its equatorial diameter. Considering the vast expanse of
the Sun, this means it is the closest thing to a perfect
sphere that has been observed in nature.
The temperature inside the Sun can reach 15 million
degrees Celsius. At the Sun’s core, energy is generated
by nuclear fusion, as Hydrogen converts to Helium.
Because hot objects generally expand, the Sun would
explode like a giant bomb if it weren’t for its enormous
gravitational force. The temperature on the surface of
the Sun is closer to 5,600 degrees Celsius.
Eventually, the Sun will consume the Earth. When all
the Hydrogen has been burned, the Sun will continue
for about 130 million more years, burning Helium,
during which time it will expand to the point that it will
engulf Mercury and Venus and the
Earth. At this stage it will have
become a red giant.
The Sun will one day be
about the size of Earth.
After its red giant phase, the
Sun will collapse, retaining its
enormous mass, but containing
the approximate volume of our
planet. When this happens, it will
be called a white dwarf.
Light from the Sun takes eight minutes to reach
Earth.
With a mean average distance of 150 million kilometres
from Earth and with light travelling at 300,000 kilo-
metres per second, dividing one by the other gives us an
approximate time of 500 seconds, or eight minutes and
20 seconds. Although this energy reaches Earth in a few
minutes, it will already have taken millions of years to
travel from the Sun’s core to its surface.
Quick Facts:
• The Sun is the star at the center of our solar system
and is responsible for the Earth’s climate.
• At its center, the Sun reaches temperatures of 15
million °C.
• The Sun is all the colours mixed together. This
appears white to our eyes.
• It is mostly composed of hydrogen (70%) and
Helium (28%).
• The Sun is a Yellow Dwarf.
• It is 4.6 billion years old.
• It is 1,392,684 km in diameter.
• The Sun is 109 times wider than the Earth and
Past Participles Used in Verb Tenses
Here are some past participles used to form verb tenses (past participles in bold):

The 4 Past Tenses Example

simple past tense I broke
past progressive tense I was breaking
past perfect tense I had broken
past perfect progressive tense I had been breaking
The 4 Present Tenses Example
simple present tense I break
present progressive tense I am breaking
present perfect tense I have broken
present perfect progressive tense I have been breaking
The 4 Future Tenses Example
simple future tense I will break
future progressive tense I will be breaking
future perfect tense I will have broken
future perfect progressive tense I will have been breaking
Source: https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/past_participles.htm
 Table of the most common irregular verbs

infinitive simple past past participle infinitive simple past past participle
be was/were been go went gone
I am I was I have been grow grew grown
he is he was he has been hang hung hung
we are we were we have been have had had
beat beat beaten hear heard heard
become became become hide hid hidden
begin began begun hit hit hit
bet* bet bet hold held held
blow blew blown hurt hurt hurt
break broke broken keep kept kept
bring brought brought know knew known
build built built lay laid laid
burst burst burst lead led led
buy bought bought leave left left
catch caught caught lend lent lent
choose chose chosen let let let
come came come lie** lay lain
cost cost cost light* lit lit
cut cut cut lose lost lost
deal dealt dealt make made made
do did done mean meant meant
draw drew drawn meet met met
drink drank drunk pay paid paid
drive drove driven put put put
eat ate eaten read read read
fall fell fallen ride rode ridden
feed fed fed ring rang rung
feel felt felt rise rose risen
fight fought fought run ran run
find found found say said said
fly flew flown see saw seen
forget forgot forgotten sell sold sold
freeze froze frozen send sent sent
get got got, gotten  set set set
give gave given shake shook shaken
 infinitive simple past past participle
steal stole stolen
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
show* showed shown
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
slide slid slid
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
spring sprang sprung
stand stood stood
stick stuck stuck
swear swore sworn
sweep swept swept
swim swam swum
swing swung swung
take took taken
teach taught taught
tear tore torn
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake* woke woken
wear wore worn
weave wove woven
win won won
write wrote written

* regular form (+ -ed) also possible.

Source: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/
grammar/unreg_verben.htm