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

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

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

A newly uncovered trove of ancient stone tools in northwest Kenya suggests early humans didn't use them sporadically but ...

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

An international team of archaeologists has found evidence at the Namorotunga site in Kenya that early humans, 2.75 million ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

Ancient stone tools found in Kenya may reshape human history, showing early humans used advanced technology through drastic climate changes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did ...

A team of international researchers led by the University of Victoria's April Nowell has discovered 250,000-year-old protein residue – the oldest ever found – extracted from stone tools used by early ...