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Child's grave is the oldest human burial found in Africa


Child’s grave is the oldest human burial found in Africa
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© Photograph by María Martinón-Torres, National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH)
After months of painstaking cleaning of the remains in the lab, scientists uncovered the child s skull. This view shows the left side with the jawbone intact including two unerupted teeth with unformed roots. The teeth dates the child to 2.5-3 years of age. The deliberate burial of the young child, named ‘Mtoto’ (‘child’ in Swahili), dated to around 78,000 years ago, in a cave in Kenya is the earliest known evidence of funerary internment by modern humans in Africa. ....

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Africa's oldest human burial uncovered in Kenya


Africa s oldest human burial uncovered in Kenya
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Researchers found the remains of a young child, buried at least 78,000 years ago, in an ancient pit in Kenya the oldest human burial in Africa. Photo by Mohammad Javad Shoaee/Jorge González/Elena Santos/F. Fuego/Max Planck Institute/CENIEH
May 5 (UPI) Researchers have recovered the remains of a three-year-old child buried 78,000 years ago in an ancient pit north of Mombasa, Kenya, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The human burial pit, dubbed Panga ya Saidi, is the oldest yet discovered in Africa.
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Ancient human burials are rare in Africa. The next oldest burial is South Africa s Border Cave infant, discovered in 1941 and dated to between 74,000 and 58,000 years ago. ....

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Scientists unearth Africa's oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago | Science


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An artist’s illustration depicts how Mtoto may have been laid to rest in its grave.
Fernando Fueyo
Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
May. 5, 2021 , 11:00 AM
Some 78,000 years ago, a community in East Africa laid to rest a child of about 3 years old. Its caretakers dug a shallow pit, curled its small body, and may have rested its head on a pillow before committing the body to the earth. A new study describing the excavation of the child’s grave reveals the oldest known evidence of modern humans in Africa burying their dead. ....

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