Africans perfected the art of mining 43,000 years ago before the arrival of Europeans
Published on: Monday 28 November 2022
The minerals mined by the early men in Africa were likely red haematite and specularite. The archaeological findings were excavated from the Ngwenya Mine, situated at the northwestern border of Eswatini (Swaziland) in Southern Africa. The evidence suggests that the prehistoric men in Africa engaged in mining some 43,000 years ago. The researchers said the...
