Early modern humans cooked starchy food in South Africa, 170,000 years ago
Sunday, January 5, 2020 - 15:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The inhabitants of the Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains on the Kwazulu-Natal/eSwatini border were cooking starchy plants 170,000 years ago. This discovery is much older than earlier reports for cooking similar plants and it provides a fascinating insight into the behavioral practices of early modern humans in southern Africa.