Oldest known cremation in Africa poses mystery about Stone Age hunter‑gatherers
An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What was behind this unexpected funeral ritual?
Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi
New research reveals people living in what is now eastern Indonesia were producing rock art significantly earlier than previously demonstrated.
Tangled up in blue: Solving an Ice Age puzzle
Stone tools from Georgia's Dzudzuana Cave reveal the earliest evidence of indigo processing, dating back 34,000 years to the Ice Age.
Ancient human relatives transported stones over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought
New Leakey Foundation-supported research finds that ancient human relatives sourced raw materials for tool-making from as far as 8 miles away.
This stone tool is over 1 million years old. How did its maker get to Sulawesi without a boat?
Stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago have been found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. This means early hominins made a major sea crossing from the Asian mainland much earlier than previously thought – and they likely didn’t have any boats.