New fossils prove early humans lived in highlands

A past picture taken during the discovery of Orrorin Tugenensis fossils in Orrorin, Baringo County in 2000. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Archaeologists have announced that fossils discovered at a site near Nairobi, Kenya, seven years ago are remains of Australopithecus Afarensis, an extinct hominin that lived three million years ago.

This is a confirmation that early humans lived in both highlands and lowland savannah where their remains had been discovered earlier.