Archaeologists Reveal Massive Monumental Cemetery Built by Eastern Africa's Earliest Herders Near Lake Turkana, Kenya
Monday, August 20, 2018 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A groundbreaking study has found the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa built 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists living around Lake Turkana, Kenya. This group is believed to have lived without major inequalities and hierarchies, contradicting long-standing narratives about the origins of early civilizations. The study, led by Elisabeth Hildebrand, PhD, Department of Anthropology at Stony Brook University, will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.