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Digging up history in Malawi. This interactive map shows the central location of Malawi amongst many of the worlds most important hominid fossil finds. Click the links below to to see fossil locations of our earliest ancestors evolving in Africa over the past 6 million years.  Fossil finder Tyson, in Malawi, holding UR 501, the oldest fossil ever found from our genus "homo". |
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| In 1991 the Malawian-German- American team of the "Hominid Corridor Research Project" discovered the remains of a 2.5 Million year old lower jaw of Homo rudolfensis (UR 501), one of our first ancestors. This missing link in Malawi closed the gap between the famous hominid sites in Eastern and Southern Africa, connecting famous hominids like "Lucy" - Australopithecus afarensis in Ethiopia, and "Mrs. Ples" - Australopithecus africanus in South Africa. Since the discovery, our aim has been to share this spectacular find with the people of Karonga via the Museum and many school programs. |
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