Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.
The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...
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.
Learn how archaeologists dated stone tools from central China and what they reveal about when early humans in Asia began using complex tools.