page_title: Rizal, Kalinga
hierarchical_section_title: Rizal, Kalinga
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossilized bones of a Rhinoceros philippinensis showing evidence of cut marks and percussion marks made by early humans in the Philippines, dating to 709,000 years ago. One of the butchered animal remains found in Kalinga province proving there are early hominins in the country at that time. Filipino: Mga kinatay na labi ng isang Rhinoceros philippinensis na natuklasan sa Rizal, Kalinga na nagpapatunay na may mga naninirahan nang hominini sa bansa 709,000 taon na ang nakararaan.
context_page_description: Rizal, officially the Municipality of Rizal is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 17,038 people.
  The town is famous for its Pleistocene sites which possesses rhino bones, tools, deer bones, turtle remains, and stegodon bones. The butchered rhino bones were confirmed by international scientific journals as proof of ancient hominids in the Philippines dating back to 709,000 years ago, the oldest hominid evidence in the entire Philippine archipelago. The discovery was confirmed in 2018, and has been a game-changer in Philippine prehistory.
context_section_description: Rizal (formerly known as Liwan), officially the Municipality of Rizal  is a 4th class municipality in the province of Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 17,038 people.
  The town is famous for its Pleistocene sites which possesses rhino bones, tools, deer bones, turtle remains, and stegodon bones. The butchered rhino bones were confirmed by international scientific journals as proof of ancient hominids in the Philippines dating back to 709,000 years ago, the oldest hominid evidence in the entire Philippine archipelago. The discovery was confirmed in 2018, and has been a game-changer in Philippine prehistory.
caption: Butchered remains of a Rhinoceros philippinensis found in Rizal, Kalinga. An evidence of early hominins in the Philippines about 709,000 years ago.
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