The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence ...

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

In a major archaeological discovery, researchers have found the world's oldest bone tools in Tanzania, providing new insights ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient human fossils have been dis ...

Budget announcements are rarely memorable events in South Africa. But the statement on March 12th by Enoch Godongwana, the finance minister, was one of the most notable since the end of white rule ...

The bone tools were made of elephant and hippopotamus bones, and they were found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Ignacio de la Torre, who is a scientist at the Spanish National Research Council’s ...

Africa has played a significant role in the history of world football. Nations within the continent have produced countless iconic moments in the World Cup. Many will remember Senegal's run to the ...

In a recent study, researchers highlighted that the discovery of bone tools constructed by ancient humans indicates how developed their skills were.

Eastern Africa contains the earliest evidence of tool use and production among the first Genus Homo ancestors. The best known is the Oldowan culture, named after the stone artifacts first discovered ...