Ancient human skulls are the world's oldest tsunami victims found

Scientists have discovered that an ancient human skull in Papua New Guinea could be the victim of the world's oldest tsunami.

The skull discovered in 1929 near the town of Aitape and the latest information said the skull was originally thought to be Homo erectus, the ancestor of modern humans, according to a report published on the BBC's website.

However, scientists have said that this area used to be a coastal lagoon that was devastated by tsunamis 6,000 years ago. They believe that the skull belongs to a person who died in that tsunami.

The discovery came after the international team compared sediments from the area with the soil from a nearby area affected by the devastating tsunami in 1998.

The BBC's James Goff from the University of New South Wales said: " Although the skull bones have been thoroughly studied, before, science has paid little attention to the sediments where they were excavated .

" Geographical similarities in sediments show that humans experienced tsunamis in this area for thousands of years," he said. "We conclude that this person died a long time ago. probably the oldest tsunami victim in the world . "