TWO Filipinos have been chosen as finalists at the 2023 Global Australian Awards for their 'significant work' in their respective fields, the Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu said.
'I am extremely proud of our Filipino Australia Global Alumni Dr. Armand Mijares and Professor Abelardo David Jr. who were recently recognized as Game Changers,' Yu wrote on X .The ambassador on Monday said Mijares is 'a renowned Filipino archaeologist who led the team that discovered Homo Luzonensis.'Abelardo has 'dedicated his career to create inclusive education and development opportunities for Filipino youth with disabilities,' Yu added.According to advance.
Mijares gained global recognition in 2019 after he and his team discovered the bones of two adults and a child during multiple archaeological digs in Callao Cave, from a previously unknown human-related species now called Homo Luzonensis.Through uranium-series dating, the bones were found to be 50,000 to 67,000 years old – making them the 'earliest human remains to be discovered in the Philippines,' advance.org said.
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