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Experiencing the scenery of Gcwihaba caves

A team of researchers who have embarked on a search for human origin humans at the Gcwihaba caves
A team of researchers who have embarked on a search for human origin humans at the Gcwihaba caves

GCWIHABA: The Department of National Museum and Monuments (DNMM) in partnership with France researchers hosted a two day media engagement at Gcwihaba and Koanaka caves.

The main aim of the media engagement was for the partners to share their project on the human origins in Botswana (also Hominids in Karst project), a scientific research collaboration between the Botswana through the National Museum and French (CNRS) governments launched in 2020.

The project also intends to conduct extensive cave researches at the Gcwihaba/Koanaka landscape for scientific knowledge and also to guide management in the implementation of sustainable tourism developments. The caves are more than 1000 kilometres from Gaborone.


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