No Maps. No Science. Just Instinct: 43,000-Year-Old Mining Site Redefines Origins of Human Enterprise
Apr 28, 2026
New Delhi [India], April 28: In a discovery that reshapes our understanding of early human capability and economic behavior, archaeological evidence from Ngwenya Mine in the western highlands of Eswatini suggests that humans were practicing organized mining as early as 43,000 years ago.