Paleolithic tools found at the Namorotukunan site in Kenya suggest that early Homo species kept their technology going even ...

A Kenyan site reveals early humans made and used the same Oldowan stone tools for 300,000 years, showing remarkable stability ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

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, ...

George Washington University archaeologist David Braun and his colleagues recently unearthed stone tools from a 2.75 ...

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

Stone tool analysis of sites in Southeast Asia provided evidence that the area was a technological leader in seafaring. Archaeology supports that 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia ...

Long before cities or farms, the earliest humans were standing in a changing northern Kenyan landscape, striking stone to ...

The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a ...

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.

In the hills of southwestern China, near the ancient shoreline of Fuxian Lake, a major archaeological discovery has reshaped how scientists understand the early use of tools. A collection of 35 wooden ...

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, ...