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

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

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

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

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

Stone tools found at Lomekwi in Kenya date to 3.3 million years ago, long before Homo sapiens or even Homo habilis existed.

Namorotukunan reveals an enduring tradition, not a moment: human ancestors made the same types of tools for hundreds of ...

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, ...

Ben Marwick does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Sara Watson works for the FIeld Museum of Natural History and Indiana State University The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the ...