Remains of a child buried around 78,000 years ago in Panga ya Saidi cave (inset). [Courtesy]The discovery of the oldest known human burial site, a child's grave in a Kenyan cave, sheds new light on the emotional life of early Homo sapiens, the Head of Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya said on Wednesday. "We are beginning to understand people having some emotional attachment to the dead that they can be able to intentionally bury them. The child, whose gender remains unclear, is thought to have died aged about 2-1/2 to 3 years old. Also found were stone tools for scraping and boring holes, and stone points that could be used as part of a spear.

Source: Standard Digital May 13, 2021 06:00 UTC