Stone monoliths rise from a field in Badrulchau on Palau's Babeldoab Island. Archeologists date these structures to around A.D. 161 and believe some may have been supports for a massive structure.
Rising from the turquoise waters of the Pacific Ocean, the many islands and islets of Palau are home to pristine coral reefs, dense jungles, and ancient caves.
Learn about Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger's National Geographic Society-funded expedition to Palau in 2006 to collect bones of small-bodied humans from Ucheliungs Cave.