Malawi, cradle of humankind?

Sat, 24 Oct 2009

Frankfurt University researchers have claim that the remote northern district of Karonga in Malawi could be the cradle of humankind.

Recent excavations at Malema, 10 km from Karonga, have yielded prehistoric tools and hominid remains in the area have provided archeologists with further evidence on the theory.

"This latest discovery of prehistoric tools and remains of hominids provides additional proof to the theory that the Great Rift Valley of Africa and perhaps the excavation site near Karonga can be considered the cradle of humankind," Professor Friedemann Schrenk of the Goethe told Reuters.

The excavation site also contains the remains of a number of the earliest dinosaurs, which lived between 100 and 140 million years ago as well as early hominids believed to have lived between one and 6 million years ago.

A hominid is a member of a primate family including humans and their prehistoric ancestors.

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