Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

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

“Human evolution is a tree,” said Prof. Xijun Ni of Fudan University, who led the research along with Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London. “This tree had many branches, and there ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the study of the first humans on Earth, who lived approximately 2.75 ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

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, ...

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...