Day 1

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Today I visited congos caves. When I was at the Dimba cave in southern congo. There I found some of the oldest rements of human cilivilzation. Some people say that they are from around 18,000 B.C. or earlier. The Matupi cave is a important archaeological monument in Ituri rainforest. This cave contains sediments which have recorded a sequence of human occupation lasting for the last 40,000 years. Here I found some of the oldest microlithic tools in the world used for arrows and saws. When these tools were made 12,000 years ago when this place was a savannah. Kakanda malachite caves - Katanga. Caves lined with highly unusual malachite stalactites. I found also unique malachite crystals up to 2 cm large. The Thysville group of caves with endemic blind fish Caecobarbus geertsii Boulenger, 1921 living in seven of these caves. Not explored, may contain other endemic animals as well.

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