1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shed new light on human evolution
Researchers have discovered 1.5 million-year-old tools made from the bones of large animals such as hippos and elephants.
Stone tools reveal human adaptability
Stone tools in El Aliya Cave in Morocco provide evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers in North Africa had flexible subsistence strategies.
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic
Researchers in China find the first complete example of stone tool technology previously seen only in Europe and the Middle East.
Archaeologists find the oldest-known shell beads
Shell beads found in a cave in Morocco are at least 142,000 years old. The archaeologists who found them say they're the earliest-known evidence of a widespread form of human communication.
Archaeology in West Africa gives new insights into human history
New Leakey Foundation-supported research opens a new window into the prehistory of West Africa, showing a rich Middle Stone Age past.