Rock Art, Burials, and Habitations: Caves in East Kalimantan

Human-sun bear conflicts in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

Interviews with farmers (1998-2000) in 5 communities along the edge of the Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, indicated that crop damage caused by sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) was higher than normal following the 1997-98 El Nifno Southern Oscillation Event. Widespread drought and forest fires reduced habitat and fruit availability for sun bears on the islands ...

Summary of Orangutan Surveys Conducted in Berau District, East Kalimantan

Comparative study between karafto cave and Aqrablu’s Rock Art

In different regions of Iran, numerous rock arts are obtained and the large number of them have been described and studied in various magazines and books. The rock art of Aqrablu in Bokan-Shahindej and karafto cave in Divandarreh, located in West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces, are the valuable petroglyphs in the west and north-west of Iran. This study was based on literature review and fie...

Variasi Genetik Orangutan Kalimantan Timur Berdasarkan DNA Mitokhondria Genetic variations of East Kalimantan Orangutan based on D-Loop mitochondria DNA

Analysis of the variation of D-Loop mtDNA of East Kalimantan orangutan was done to provided the genetic information data from endangerd species in order to support their population conservation efforts. The reason using mtDNA in this research is caused by higher level of mutation ( 5 – 10 trimes) when compared with nuclear DNA and it enable to transmited via maternal transmission without experi...

Human Burials

Taphonomic factors significantly affect the preservation of bone specimens that are ultimately available for examination by the researcher. Burial practices can disturb previous interments, as does rodent burrowing. Soil pH can greatly alter or destroy many smaller bone or bone with less density. Flooding and erosional episodes, as discussed in the last paper, can severely disturb burials. Fina...