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

The disease kala-azar, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is caused by female sandfly bites and predominantly impacts ...

Professor Amelia Villaseñor and her team uncovered 2.75 million-year-old stone tools in Kenya, showcasing long-term cultural ...

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.

Wazee wa Mazingira, the Council of Elders, has been awarded the 2025 edition of the UNESCO–Greece Melina Mercouri ...

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, ...

Traders weigh fish at Lake Turkana. Fishing in the lake has resumed after the local county government lifted a six-month ban. [File, Standard] Stakeholders and county officials from Turkana and ...

New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

Communities living by Lake Turkana in Kenya face fluctuating water levels and dwindling fish stocks. An UN project aims to improve water – and food – security. Life near the edge of Lake Turkana is a ...

Funding for Klehm's research on the pillar site stone beads was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. On the shores of Lake Turkana in east Africa, about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago, pastoralists ...

When Simon Choko goes out fishing on Kenya’s lake Turkana, he brings a gun as well as a net. In the drought-stricken corner of northwestern Kenya, the native Turkana community to which Choko belongs ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Traders weigh fish at Lake Turkana. Fishing in the lake has resumed after the local county government lifted a six ...