Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

A new site in one of the most important basins for humanity’s evolution has provided evidence of occupation over an ...

Before 2.75 million years ago, the Namorotukunan area featured lush wetlands with abundant palms and sedges, with mean annual precipitation reaching approximately 855 millimeters per year. However, ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

New evidence from South China reveals how early humans adapted to environmental transformations during the Late Pleistocene.

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

Scientists discover the oldest human face in Western Europe, dating back more than a million years, in a cave in northern ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...