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

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

Among some people, it changed their lifestyles, brought comfort in daily lives, improved health, education, and business.

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...