00:03In a cave near the coast of Kenya lies the body of a child dating back 78,000 years.
00:10The discovery is the oldest known human burial site and sheds new light on the emotional life
00:16of early man. The head of archaeology for Kenya's museums pointed out that for a very long time,
00:22researchers only had bits and pieces about the technology and the environment of Homo sapiens.
00:28We are beginning to understand now these people having some emotional attachments to the dead.
00:35According to Reuters, the upper part of the body was carefully wrapped in shroud and the head was
00:41resting on a pillow. The body was placed in a shallow grave. Dental analysis revealed that the
00:46child was two to three years old and the remains of various antelope species and other prey showed
00:52that the child was part of a hunter-gatherer culture. The location of the burial site shows
00:58that early Homo sapiens lived in different parts of what is now Kenya, which contradicts a belief
01:04that early humans only settled in the Great Rift Valley.
