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All Creatures Great and Small

#12 Current research in Borneo Current Research in Borneo Plates Uplifting When did one ocean plate move under another ocean plate and cause it to rise upwards forming a landmass? Scientists have dated the movement of the Sarawak plate under the Rajang plate to 60-36 million years ago. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35895.1 Barbed Wire

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June 9, 2021 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small # 11

All Creatures Great and Small #11 Plants from South America and onto Southeast Asia Dissochaeteae Melastomataceae is a large group of plants that includes plants that grow on another plant such as orchids. There are 375 species of these plants. Results from the molecular dating analysis suggest that the diversity

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May 19, 2021 No Comments

Panay in the Philippines: A Sarawak Connection

Panay in the Philippines: A Sarawak Connection The island of Panay is the fourth largest island in the Philippine archipelago. The prehistory of the island, before the Spaniards is related in a document called the Maragatas. The Maragatas, written in 1221,  states the Datuks from Borneo purchased the island from the Negritoes. The negritoes then

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May 9, 2021 No Comments

Borneo History

All Creatures Great and Small! Check out Borneohistory.net for regularly-updated Sarawak-based historical and contemporary scientific journal updates. Looking forward to seeing you!

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April 28, 2021 No Comments

This and That # 10

A collection of recent research from Borneo New Species of Jumping Spider A new species of jumping spider from the canopies of Borneo has been made known to science. It distinguished from other jumping spiders by the colour variation, the mouthparts and the sex organs. Arthropoda Selecta 30(1): 105–112 Two

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April 25, 2021 No Comments

The Bishop and the Rajah

Tom’s Note: The writer of this essay concentrated on the two white men, Rajah James and Frances McDougall. He relegated the Sarawakians to mere mentions in this conflict. For example, “they attempted to organize a force to attack the Chinese failed because the Malay women refused to let the menfolk

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April 18, 2021 No Comments

Headhunter and Solo Dance

Borneo Dance Editors note: Many of us from the West have sat through a dance performed by natives without having a clue of what they mean. They look interesting but the symbols of the movements escape us. Here, we attempt to explain those movements. Most of the literature asserts the

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April 15, 2021 No Comments

The Loincloth of Borneo

The Loincloth of Borneo The loincloth was worn by the male Dyaks living in Borneo. It was used to cover and hold the genitals while the man is engaged in activities such as hunting, fishing or sitting around the campfire. The loincloth allowed the Dyak to feel the cloth against

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April 9, 2021 No Comments

Penan Aput

he Penan Aput The Penan Aput name comes from the right-hand tributary of the upper Baluy river where they used to live. They formed four separate bands where they kept close ties and migrated together. When the land became depleted, three of the four groups migrated into what is now

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April 6, 2021 No Comments

This and That # 9

This and That # 9 Interbreeding in Early Humans in Island Southeast Asia Two ancient species of pre-humans, Homo luzonenis and Homo floresesiensis, were in island Southeast Asia before the first wave of modern humans came. These modern humans show distinctive interbreeding with the Denisovans (another early breed of pre-humans) but fail to show any

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March 31, 2021 No Comments
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