Belilena is a famous large
cave in
Sri Lanka. It is located 8km from the town of
Kitulgala. It holds evidence of a lost generation of Sri Lankans some 12,000 years old; at this time the cave was occupied by
Balangoda Man, described as
Homo sapiens balangodensis by
Paul E. P. Deraniyagala,
who found ten skeletons of these people. They lived 2000 feet above sea
level. It is believed they lived than 32,000 years ago. (from wikipedia)
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