The Panga ya Saidi burial of #Mtoto sheds light on how MSA populations interacted with their dead.
Earliest known human burial in Africa
(María Martinón-Torres, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Katerina Douka , Michael Petraglia, et al)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8
#Mtoto
Earliest known human burial in Africa
María Martinón-Torres Torres, JM Bermudez de Castro, Katerina Douka , Michael Petraglia, wt al .
A partial skeleton of an ~2.5- to 3.0-year-old child dating to 78.3 ± 4.1 Kya, which was recovered in the MSA layers of Panga ya Saidi. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8
#Mtoto
Intriguing origin and evolution of mortuary practices
PYS burial 78Kya sheds light on how MSA people interacted with the dead
Earliest known human burial in Africa
@MMartinonT @Jmbdecastro @Katerina__Douka @MDPetraglia et al
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8
#Mtoto, il piccolo #sapiens vissuto 78.000 anni fa nel sito di #Panga ya #Saidi in #Kenya rappresenta la più antica #sepoltura mai documentata in #Africa. La scoperta è un tassello prezioso per la comprensione dell’evoluzione culturale dei nostri antenati e dei loro riti funerari
#archeologia #paleontologia #antropologia
https://www.interris.it/curiosita/in-africa-la-tomba-piu-antica-dei-sapiens-e-di-78-000-anni-fa/
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