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Africa's oldest human burial is discovered: Body of a three-year-old CHILD buried in a Kenyan cave dates back 78,000 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...dy-CHILD-buried-Kenya-dates-78-000-years.html
- The child was first found in Panga ya Saidi cave site in Kenya in 2013
- It was fully excavated in 2017 and underwent extensive analysis and imaging
- Remains were dated to around 78,000 years ago and it is believed the child, named Mtoto, was buried with their head on a pillow and wrapped in a shroud

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...dy-CHILD-buried-Kenya-dates-78-000-years.html