Specimens from Olorgesailie are among the last known bones of this species, which existed nearly 3 million years ago and ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Home to one of the most diverse and vibrant people in the world, this landlocked country covers nearly 500,000 square miles ...

Olduvai Gorge, often referred to as the “Cradle of Humankind,” has yielded a wealth of archeological findings over the years. “By doing archeology, what we can see is that Homo erectus keeps coming ...

One of the world’s most important prehistoric sites, Olduvai Gorge in modern-day Tanzania, was thought to home to those easier types of landscapes. But this steep ravine in East Africa’s Great Rift ...

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study ...

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image ...

One of the world's most important prehistoric sites, Olduvai Gorge in modern-day Tanzania, was thought to home to those easier types of landscapes. But this steep ravine in East Africa's Great ...