Africa's oldest human burial is discovered: Body of a three-year-old CHILD buried in a Kenyan cave dates back 78,000 years 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
