Enkapune Ya Muto
Rockshelter in the central Rift Valley of Kenya, also called Twilight Cave. Its deep sequence covers the Middle to Later Stone Age change and produced very early shell ornaments.
Dated events and their evidence
- 44,000 BCE disputed
Later Stone Age argued to begin substantially before 46,000 years ago; rests on obsidian hydration and has not been independently reproduced source - 38,000 BCE mainstream
Ostrich eggshell beads made about 40,000 years ago source
Where
0.8333° S, 36.1500° E
Sources
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440397902776
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enkapune_Ya_Muto
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.