Cave Found in Kenya in Which People Lived for 78,000 Years

[Disir]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

 

[mudwhistle]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

I bet it was cool in the Summer.

 

[Ringel05]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

People Lived for 78,000 Years

Soooo, they found the fountain of youth in the cave.........

 

[Disir]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

People Lived for 78,000 Years

Soooo, they found the fountain of youth in the cave.........

That, too.

 

[OldLady]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

What we discover is areas where the artifacts for some reason weren't destroyed by natural processes. Those are few and far between. It's like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with 99% of the pieces missing.

 

[Auld Phart]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

People Lived for 78,000 Years

Soooo, they found the fountain of youth in the cave.........

Can you imagine the Birthday cake?

 

[mudwhistle]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

People Lived for 78,000 Years

Soooo, they found the fountain of youth in the cave.........

Problem is....one person has to die or it won't work.

 

[Ringel05]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

People Lived for 78,000 Years

Soooo, they found the fountain of youth in the cave.........

Problem is....one person has to die or it won't work.

Awesome!! Who's up for some ritual human sacrifice?

 

[Disir]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

What we discover is areas where the artifacts for some reason weren't destroyed by natural processes. Those are few and far between. It's like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with 99% of the pieces missing.

It's my favorite kind of puzzle!

There hasn't been an enormous amount of excavations in Africa. Instability plays a part but no interest plays an even bigger part. The local population returns for ceremonies and burials. At some point, someone must have said.......there is something to this. It's an attitude that plays out in other areas of the world.

 

[OldLady]

Another discovery that is turning history on its head:
Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. Massive carved stone monoliths by a "pre-pottery neolithic" society 7,000 years before the Mesopotamian civilizations. LOL They had the know how to build these massive stone monuments but they didn't have pottery? Why am I not so sure about that? Nearby they have discovered a massive underground living complex many stories deep.

Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia

 

[Disir]

Another discovery that is turning history on its head:
Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. Massive carved stone monoliths by a "pre-pottery neolithic" society 7,000 years before the Mesopotamian civilizations. LOL They had the know how to build these massive stone monuments but they didn't have pottery? Why am I not so sure about that? Nearby they have discovered a massive underground living complex many stories deep.
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Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia

That is cool!

 

[IsaacNewton]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

And in the oldest layer they found a human doll, "that talks".

These great discoveries are filling in the gaps in knowledge of human evolution and existence. How many generations were there in 78,000 years? Say one every 20 years you get 3,900 generations. Among other things that is a lot of pipe laying. Too bad the walls didn't record the sound for 78,000 years. How much laughter of children took place in that cave, or people screaming from being attacked by an animal or falling off a cliff. One day at a time.

 

[yiostheoy]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

Human fossils are 2 million years old.

So 78000 is no big deal.

 

[OldLady]

Exactly when Homo sapiens first left Africa is hotly debated. Also debated is how cognition evolved in earlier modern humans in Africa itself: gradually or in spurts. Most early human remains discovered so far have been found in the Rift Valley, South Africa, and in North Africa. Now a cave has been found in Kenya that has been lived in for the last 78,000 years, a vast international team of researchers reported Wednesday in Nature.

Panga ya Saidi is actually a network of caves about a kilometer long in limestone hills: the main chamber is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) co-author Prof. Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute tells Haaretz. It was used from the Middle Stone Age to this day, though people don’t live in it any more: now they use it for burials and rituals, he says. In any case, it was big enough to have supported hundreds of people.

During the first 10,000 years, people did live in the cave, but not many. Starting 67,000 years ago, the archaeologists could see a gradual change in stone work and symbolism. Stone arrowheads, blades and backed tools would appear.
Cave found in Kenya in which people lived for 78,000 years

This is an interesting article. The dates of human existence and travel are always pushed a little further back then what was once assumed.I appreciate that because people have a tendency to think the age we live in now was so superior and no one was actually capable of going anywhere or doing anything.

At the same time, people in the modern age haven't quite got over themselves yet. For example, if there are people who still go to Panga ya Saidi then it follows it wasn't "found"..........

Human fossils are 2 million years old.

So 78000 is no big deal.

Lucy wasn't a modern human. We haven't found any of them older than 200,000 years.

 

[Care4all]

I believe there was an Atlantis....

 

[OldLady]

I believe there was an Atlantis....

Absolutely.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Another discovery that is turning history on its head:
Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. Massive carved stone monoliths by a "pre-pottery neolithic" society 7,000 years before the Mesopotamian civilizations. LOL They had the know how to build these massive stone monuments but they didn't have pottery? Why am I not so sure about that? Nearby they have discovered a massive underground living complex many stories deep.
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Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia

Excellent!!

Here's one of my other favorites. Baalbek, Lebanon. The Romans built on top of a far more ancient platform.

And another. Gornaya Shoria. Siberia, Russia

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[yiostheoy]

All vertebrates are related.

All mammals are related.

All human races are related.

Where they came from does not matter. They/we could have come from the North Pole if the Earth went through a polar shift like the fossil record suggests.

Then all this cr@p about "out of Africa" is just more cr@p.

 

[OldLady]

Another discovery that is turning history on its head:
Gobekli Tepe in Turkey. Massive carved stone monoliths by a "pre-pottery neolithic" society 7,000 years before the Mesopotamian civilizations. LOL They had the know how to build these massive stone monuments but they didn't have pottery? Why am I not so sure about that? Nearby they have discovered a massive underground living complex many stories deep.
View attachment 193364

Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia

Excellent!!

Here's one of my other favorites. Baalbek, Lebanon. The Romans built on top of a far more ancient platform.

And another. Gornaya Shoria. Siberia, Russia

The older the civilization, the bigger the stones they used for building. How and why? We're definitely missing something, folks.