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First human settlement > Date: Date or period of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For further descriptions, please refer to notes.
First human settlement > Notes: Description of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For the date or period of the described settlement, please refer to the according date stat.
First human settlement > Place: Location of the first known or suspected human settlement in each country.

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STAT	Greenland	Malaysia
First human settlement > Date	2,000 BC	34,000-46,000 BP
First human settlement > Notes	Saqqaq culture was the first of several waves of settlement from northern Canada and from Scandinavia.	A human skull in Sarawak, Borneo, has been dated to ca. 34-46,000 years ago. (Archeologists have claimed a much earlier date for stone tools found in the Mansuli valley, near Lahad Datu in Sabah , but precise dating analysis has not yet been published.)
First human settlement > Place	Saqqaq	Niah Cave

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