New research has shown that a skull fragment found in Turkana in 1974 originated around 2 million years ago — 220,000 years more than first believed. The discovery by scientists from Kenya, the US and South Africa solidifies Turkana's claim to being the cradle of modern human beings. The new study on the 1974 skull fragment found in East Turkana and a survey on the area where it was collected shows Turkana is the first place where the early human being walked. The study was conducted by scientists from the National Museums of Kenya and others from South Africa and the United States. “KNM-ER 2598 (the Kenyan skull fragment) is key to anchoring the earliest evolution and dispersals of Homo erectus,” the scientists say in the study published in Nature Communications journal.

Source: The Star April 26, 2021 19:19 UTC