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Canadian researchers help uncover oldest evidence of human activity in African cave TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) A team of archeologists and geologists has confirmed the oldest cave dwelling at Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert, dating back nearly two million years. Wonderwerk Cave is an archeological record that spans over millions of years and holds evidence of some of the first use of fire and tool making by prehistoric humans. The study, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Toronto, published in Quaternary Science Reviews, has confirmed the date of this site. “We can now say with confidence that our human ancestors were making simple Oldowan stone tools inside the Wonderwerk Cave 1.8 million years ago. Wonderwerk is unique among ancient Oldowan sites, a tool-type first found 2.6 million years ago in East Africa, precisely because it is a cave and not an open-air occurrence,” lead author, Ron Shaar at ....
Early Humans Lived in This South African Cave 2 Million Years Ago, Making It the World's Oldest Home, Archaeologists Say artnet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from artnet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Breakthrough Research Reveals Wonderwerk Cave Is the World’s Oldest Home In the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, has produced a cornucopia of wonders for archaeologists searching for the truth about human origins. Cave art, stone tools, burned bones, soil, and ash, and a collection of crystals have all been found inside the immense 80-foot (25-meter) wide Wonderwerk Cave that runs 460 feet (140 meters) deep into the Earth. These artifacts and remnants were clearly produced or accumulated in the vastest recesses of prehistory, reaching far back into antiquity. The entrance to the Wonderwerk Cave, which is now the oldest human “home” known in the world. (Michael Chazan / ....
Ancient tools found in a miracle cave in South Africa suggest our earliest ancestors set up camp there more than 1.8 million years ago, according to palaeontologists. Experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa s Kalahari Desert, delving down to ancient layers within the historic site. Few places in the world preserve a continuous archaeological record spanning millions of years, but this is one such site. Its name means miracle in Afrikaans. The new study, including work by geologists and archaeologists, confirms the existence of human-made stone tools dating back 1.8 million years. This marks it as the earliest cave occupation in the world and the site of some of the earliest indications of fire use and tool making among prehistoric humans. ....
Scientists have discovered the oldest home in human history and it was in a cave. Located in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert is the Wonderwerk Cave and that’s where ancient humans made their home around two million years ago. While the inhabitants of the cave weren’t modern humans, the researchers believe that they were probably australopithecines or Homo Habilis. It was a team of geologists and archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) and the University of Toronto who made this discovery. Incredibly, the cave was used as a home for several millions of years throughout history. What’s even more amazing is that they found evidence of the earliest use of fire and hand axes in a “cave context”. ....