The Nineka Man

The Nineka Man is a skeleton found near the town of Nineka in Sikkud in 103 M.E. The skeleton is noteworthy in its age and features.

Description
The Nineka Man is five feet tall and somewhat smaller than that of a modern day Sikkudian. The skeleton consists of three hundred and twenty-fragments of bone making a near complete skeleton. However, the left foot bones are mostly missing as well as a large fragment of the right femur. The skeleton is semi-fossilized, currently a dark yellowish-brown color. The man's skull is broken into two pieces, but upon reconstruction, resembles closely those of the native Kaiyan humans. His brow and cheekbones are more pronounced than those of the Kuddian and Norduren people groups, lending to the belief that the man was from Kaiya.

Discovery
The Archaeological Society of Wildakar was informed by letter that a boy living in Nineka had been playing in the river when he stubbed his toe on something strange in the shallows. He pulled the skull of the man from the soil, accidentally splitting it into two fractures. The society was called due to the suspicion the villagers had at the age of the corpse.

An excavation occurred from the 25th to 30th of Holeaum in 103 M.E. but was ended abruptly due to the start of Attep. It was believed that during this time several fragments were lost by the flooding of the Ashatar-Shamai River. After being studied the bones were put on display in the Wildakar Museum of History and Art which is run by the Society.

Controversy
The Nineka Man has led to some controversy among scholars for several reasons. First, the bones were determined to be at least 10,000 years old, meaning they predate the crossing of humans to Fayos from Kaiya. Similarly, the ethnicity of the man is equally out of place, as the first men to reach Fayos were of the Ihjargan ethnicity. The first men in Fayos had already lived in the area that made up the Sthargan Bridge for hundreds of years before crossing, meaning they would not bare the physical traits of the Kaiyan ancestors to such extent.

Two theories exist to explain the strange skeleton:
 * 1) The man is not as old as thought and is actually a Kaiyan migrant who entered the area as a prisoner, slave, or traveler with the Ihjargan caravans. This is considered the most logical answer, as the Ihjargans are known for their use of slave labor.
 * 2) The Sthargan theory is incorrect and the man is proof of early migrations to Fayos from Kaiya. This theory is not as popular as it is not backed up by any serious evidence other than the Nineka Man. The main evidence is the skull structure of the Nineka Man and his obvious age.