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

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

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient stone tools found ...

A stone tool found in the sand has always been considered the handiwork of early humans and their ancestors. But a remarkable discovery in a Brazilian forest suggests that might not be so. Scientists ...

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, ...

Before there were the Olmecs, what was life like in early Mexico, how did people live and what do we know about their lives ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ...