Archaeologists have long believed that humans didn’t start crafting tools from bone until between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

The gorge in northern Tanzania has yielded many of the oldest fossils of humankind, shedding new light on our ancient ancestors.

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

The Olduvai Gorge bones, however, don’t appear to have been shaped at random, but instead display a uniformity indicating a practiced methodology and strategy.

Why Olduvai? It’s clear, then, that Olduvai Gorge is a priceless resource for the study of humanity’s origins. But what about it makes this place so rich in history?

The Old Man of Olduvai Gorge Irrepressible Louis Leakey, patriarch of the fossil-hunting family, championed the search for human origins in Africa, attracting criticism and praise ...

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge Technology breakthrough is earlier than previously thought Researchers suspect tool maker was species Homo erectus The 27 tools ...

Olduvai Gorge, an unassuming archaeological site in Tanzania, East Africa, has become known as one of the richest paleoanthropological places in the world.

The handcrafted tools found in Tanzania were made 1.5 million years ago and were fashioned primarily from the bones of elephants and hippopotamuses.

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.