Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission has made some 7000-year-old discoveries in Umm Jirsan cave in the Harrat Khaybar in Medina.

The new discoveries include animal fossils and human skulls that were unearthed

The discoveries have been made by a team of archaeologists and paleontologists in cooperation with the Saudi Geological Survey, King Saud University, and the German Max Planck Institute.

The discoveries include tens of thousands of animal bones accumulated over time in the cave. The bone accumulations mainly compose of hyenas, horses, donkeys (both wild and domesticated), camels (also, both wild and domesticated), ibex, goat, and cattle.

Human skulls were also found