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

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

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

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

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

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 ...

Prehistoric Tools in Qatar exhibition continues at the Sharjah Archaeology Museum. Organized by the Sharjah Museums Authority ...

Researchers have generally thought that only prehistoric males hunted—but what if evidence against that idea has been lying ...

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