A child’s 78,000-year-old grave marks Africa’s oldest known human burial
Excavations at Panga ya Saidi pushed back the ritual’s date at least a few thousand years
![virtual reconstruction of child's bones](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/050421_bb_burial_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
This virtual reconstruction shows the original position of a child’s bones in a Kenyan grave dug around 78,300 years ago, making it Africa’s oldest known human interment.
Jorge González, Elena Santos