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

New evidence is emerging in Kenya of early humans crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years during the Pliocene, despite ...

An evolutionary trait that made homo sapiens a dominant species in the world was an ability to make and use tools. And new ...

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, ...

“The fossil and plant records tell an incredible story,” said Rahab N. Kinyanjui from the National Museums of Kenya. “As the ...

Archaeologists in Kenya have uncovered 2.75-million-year-old stone tools that reveal an unbroken technological tradition.

The Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, a toponym that gives its name to an entire technological era of humanity, the Oldowan, must ...

Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the first humans on Earth, who lived approximately 2.75 ...

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.

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

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