Bantul - Dwi Widagdo no idea if his yard will be the center of the crowd. His house was visited by many people after he discovered animal fossils. The fossils were believed to live in ancient times it was found in the yard.
Hamlet Bannerman TAMANAN Banguntapan Village, Bantul, Yogyakarta was told, the discovery of fossils began when he was digging the ground to make the foundation of the house. New 1.5 meter dig, hoe hit a hard object. When touched, the object was shaped like a bone.
"At first I thought the stone, then I slowly dug by hand, look like bone," Dwi said when met at the site of the discovery, Friday (18/07/2014).
This finding makes it even more curious. Dwi then returned digging with a wider excavation area to determine the structure of the bone. When more extensive excavation area, Dwi should feel scared because again found the head of an animal that is still intact.
"Fear of human bones. Once I follow the animal turns. Length head to toe about 1.5 meters," said Dwi. He said, the bones and the head of the animal such as a horse. However, a shorter neck. While in the tooth, it looks like fangs measuring about 3 cm.
Because it's weird with fossil findings, Dwi then report to one of the neighbors who was a policeman. The report proceed to the Heritage Preservation Hall (BPCB) Yogyakarta.
"This morning a team of archaeologists has been here for a check., But animals have not been told anything, just told to fence off," he said. Dwi explained, the page where the discovery of fossils, was once the garden is empty. "My father used to have a cow, but is not it like a horse," he said.
Hamlet Bannerman TAMANAN Banguntapan Village, Bantul, Yogyakarta was told, the discovery of fossils began when he was digging the ground to make the foundation of the house. New 1.5 meter dig, hoe hit a hard object. When touched, the object was shaped like a bone.
"At first I thought the stone, then I slowly dug by hand, look like bone," Dwi said when met at the site of the discovery, Friday (18/07/2014).
This finding makes it even more curious. Dwi then returned digging with a wider excavation area to determine the structure of the bone. When more extensive excavation area, Dwi should feel scared because again found the head of an animal that is still intact.
"Fear of human bones. Once I follow the animal turns. Length head to toe about 1.5 meters," said Dwi. He said, the bones and the head of the animal such as a horse. However, a shorter neck. While in the tooth, it looks like fangs measuring about 3 cm.
Because it's weird with fossil findings, Dwi then report to one of the neighbors who was a policeman. The report proceed to the Heritage Preservation Hall (BPCB) Yogyakarta.
"This morning a team of archaeologists has been here for a check., But animals have not been told anything, just told to fence off," he said. Dwi explained, the page where the discovery of fossils, was once the garden is empty. "My father used to have a cow, but is not it like a horse," he said.
