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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

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 ...

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, ...