Shocking discovery in Turkana fuels debate on origins of war

Handout photo of Dr Marta Mirazon Lahr and Justus Edung pictured at the end of the excavation of the skeleton of a woman, found in the sediments of a lagoon 30km west of Lake Turkana, Kenya, at a place called Nataruk

Scientists have uncovered pre-historic evidence in Turkana County that seems to add to the debate on the origins of war and the violent nature of man.

In research published in the latest edition of the journal, Nature, the scientists found a number of skeletons dated about 10,000 years ago, and whose state suggest a violent death or a massacre among a group of hunter gatherer communities.