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

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

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.

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

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

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

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

An archaeological excavation in Turkey recently yielded a Roman hospital-turned-Christian sanctuary, offering new insight ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become North America's ...

Just a couple of decades ago, the people of ancient civilizations were viewed as simple, primitive people. However, numerous discoveries since then have revealed a number of surprising facts about ...

Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have announced their discovery of stone fragments that closely resemble ancient stone tools made by prehistoric humans. What ...