A Child s Burial 78,000 Years Ago Found in Kenya
May 10, 2021
The remains of a child roughly age 3 who lived about 78,000 years ago and was found in a burial pit at a cave site in Kenya called Panga ya Saidi. (Jorge Gonzalez/Elena Santos/Handout via REUTERS)
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It is a place of sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried under the overhang of a
cave, the upper part of the body once carefully wrapped in a cloth.
Scientists said last week they have found the oldest-known human burial in Africa, the continent that gave rise to our
Archaeologists Discover a Child s Grave Buried 78,000 Years Ago!
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May 8, 2021
How did human uniqueness first evolve among our ancestors, setting us apart from other animals? That is a question many archaeologists are grappling with by investigating early records of art, language, food preparation, ornaments, and symbols. How our ancestors treated and mourned the dead can also offer crucial clues, helping to reveal when we first developed the abstract thinking needed to fully grasp the concept of death.
Now we have discovered a 78,000-year-old human burial at a cave in the tropical coast of eastern Africa, which provides tantalizing evidence about our ancestors’ treatment of the dead. Our new study, published in Nature, describes the burial of a two-and-a-half to three-year-old child, nicknamed “Mtoto” (Swahili for “child”), at the Panga ya Saidi archaeological site in Kenya. It is the earliest known
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The burial of a young child around 78,000 years ago in a cave site in Kenya is seen in an undated artist s interpretation. (Handout via Reuters) Paris, London - Asharq Al-Awsat
The remains of a child no older than three were unearthed in a 78,000-year-old grave, with his legs carefully tucked up against its tiny chest. A new study suggests it is the earliest known human burial in Africa.
The sunken pit, in a cave complex along the coast of Kenya, was bereft of ornaments, offerings clay carvings found in the region s more recent Stone Age graves, as detailed in the journal Nature. But Mtoto Swahili for child had been wrapped in a shroud with her or his head resting on what was probably a pillow, indicating that the community may have undertaken some form of funerary rite, said lead author Maria Martinon-Torres, director of the National Research Center on Human Evolution, in Bur
This handout picture released on May 4 shows archaelogists at the Panga Ya Saidi site. AFP
PARIS: A child no older than three laid to rest sideways in an earthen grave 78,000 years ago, legs carefully tucked up against its tiny chest, is the earliest known human burial in Africa, researchers reported on Wednesday.
The sunken pit, in a cave complex along the coast of Kenya, was bereft of ornaments, offerings or ochre-coloured clay carvings found in the region’s more recent Stone Age graves, they detailed in the journal
Nature.
But Mtoto Swahili for “child” had been wrapped in a shroud with her or his head resting on what was probably a pillow, “indicating that the community may have undertaken some form of funerary rite”, said lead author Maria Martinon-Torres, director of the National Research Centre on Human Evolution, in Burgos, Spain.
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