HOMO SAPIENS MILESTONE

SCIENTISTS have found the oldest-known human burial in Africa, the continent that gave rise to our species, dating to about 78 000 years ago at a cave site called Panga ya Saidi near the Kenyan coast. They nicknamed the youngster “Mtoto”, meaning child in Swahili. The discovery, the researchers said, sheds light on the development of early social behaviours in Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa more than 300 000 years ago, later spreading worldwide. | African News Agency (ANA)