Paleolithic tools found at the Namorotukunan site in Kenya suggest that early Homo species kept their technology going even ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

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

From mysterious gears to precision tools, the British Museum holds artifacts that don’t quite fit the timeline. Are these traces of lost engineering—or are we missing something?

Across Egypt and beyond stone surfaces reveal machining marks so precise they raise questions about what tools ancient ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Long before cities or farms, the earliest humans were standing in a changing northern Kenyan landscape, striking stone to stone with steady hands. Their world was noisy with wind, heat, wildfires, and ...