Archaeologists have discovered some of the first-ever tools used on Earth at a site in Africa dubbed 'the cradle of humankind ... It is ironic that the fossil at the center of a debate about ...

Archeologists have uncovered three-million-year-old tools used by early humans in an area of Africa called “the cradle of humankind.” Kenya’s Homa peninsula is home to several artifacts of ...

And this list is getting longer. As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another.

Alongside hominin fossils millions of years old, an array of artifacts found there has given researchers incredible insights into the evolution of humankind. Below are eight facts about Olduvai ...

scientists believed that modern people evolved in a specific "cradle of humankind" in East Africa, some 200,000 years ago. But more recently, researchers used high-tech methods to date fossil ...