In the extreme north, the caves of Ankarana have yielded 19 species, yet only nine remain in the surrounding forests.
After three decades of extensive exploration of the area, it had been thought that the cave had yielded all its secrets.
A cave of the same period in a nearby valley has yielded the remains of individuals who appear to have been beheaded, cooked and eaten.
The caves yielded several finds.
He had, it is true, seven more perfect specimens; but these were too few to use up recklessly unless the cave might later yield an unlimited supply.
In the same hill other caves have yielded archaeological remains such as stone tools and food remnants, but no more skeletons.
After its discovery the cave yielded impressive quantities of Pleistocene vertebrate remains that were sent off to the Smithsonian Institution.
The few caves that troops have searched have yielded guns, ammunition, food and water, but no intelligence bonanzas, officials said.
A Spanish cave has yielded 780,000-year-old fossil traces of ancestors of modern humans, the oldest found by more than 250,000 years.
The caves have yielded the remains of several individuals, but few artifacts.