Editing Microlith (section)

=== Sri Lanka ===
In 1968 human burials sites were uncovered inside the [[Fa Hien Cave]] in Sri Lanka. A further excavation in 1988 yielded microlith stone tools, remnants of prehistoric fireplaces and organic material, such as floral and human remains. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cave had been occupied from about 33,000 years ago, the Late Pleistocene and Mesolithic to 4,750 years ago, the Neolithic in the Middle Holocene. Human remains of the several sediment deposits were analyzed at Cornell University and studied by Kenneth A. R. Kennedy and graduate student Joanne L. Zahorsky.  Sri Lanka has yielded the earliest known microliths, which did not appear in Europe until the Early Holocene.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lakdiva.org/books/fahsin/contents.html|title=The Travels of Pahiyangala|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093454/http://lakdiva.org/books/fahsin/contents.html|archive-date=2006-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/dera1.html|title=Pre- and Protohistoric Settlement in Sri Lanka |website=www.lankalibrary.com|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> 2019 study found Fa-Hien Lena cave microlith assemblage represents the earliest microlith assemblage in South Asia dating back to c. 48,000–45,000 years ago.<ref name="Wedage 2019">{{cite journal |last1=Wedage |first1=Oshan |last2=Picin |first2=Andrea |last3=Blinkhorn |first3=James |last4=Douka |first4=Katerina |last5=Deraniyagala |first5=Siran |last6=Kourampas |first6=Nikos |last7=Perera |first7=Nimal |last8=Simpson |first8=Ian |last9=Boivin |first9=Nicole |last10=Petraglia |first10=Michael |last11=Roberts |first11=Patrick |title=Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2 October 2019 |volume=14 |issue=10 |pages=e0222606 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0222606 |doi-access=free |pmid=31577796 |pmc=6774521 |bibcode=2019PLoSO..1422606W |language=en |issn=1932-6203|hdl=10072/412746 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>