A group of scientists have discovered some 27 bone tools made some 1.5 million years ago by ancient humans in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, East Africa.

Hominins at Olduvai Gorge may have been hunting prey 2 million years ago. Early hominins are known to have eaten meat, but until recently, the origins of the meat were less clear.

An archaeological discovery in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has changed our understanding of the technological evolution of early hominins. Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council ...

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say. Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil ...

Twenty-seven standardized bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by a team of scientists from the CNRS and l'Université de ...

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.

In 1931, at the age of 28, Louis Leakey made his first trip to Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. His goal: to prove that Africa – specifically East Africa, where he had been born and grown ...

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A bone tool made from a 1.5-million-year-old elephant bone discovered at the Olduvai Gorge site in Tanzania is seen in this picture released on March 5, 2025.

In Olduvai Gorge, archaeologists have discovered a range of bone tools thought to have been made and used by an ancestral human species of hominid called Homo habilis 1.5 million years ago.

However, one country that hardly ever gets a mention in the news is the landlocked central African country of Chad.With a total area of around 500,000 sq mi, Chad is the fifth-largest country in ...