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

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

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

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

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence ...

Discover how sophisticated tool-making technology emerged in India earlier than thought, reshaping our understanding of human evolution. "If they were an independent innovation in Southeast India, why ...

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

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, ...

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

Among some people, it changed their lifestyles, brought comfort in daily lives, improved health, education, and business.

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, ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been discovered among a collection of teeth that dates back 2.8 million years. Researchers from Arizona State University announced that they have found a ...