MacDonald from the University of Missouri, has confirmed the discovery of the oldest ochre mine in the world, located in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a small country in southern Africa. Ochre, an ...

University of Missouri researcher Brandi L. MacDonald utilizes state-of-the-art technology available exclusively at Mizzou to assist scholars in deepening their knowledge of the evolution of human ...

Using Mizzou's resources and expertise, the team, led by MacDonald, was able to confirm the location of the world's oldest ochre mine and trace how ochre from the mine was dispersed to nearby ...