The Leakey Foundation

09.17.21

Bone tools from Morocco indicate the production of clothing by 120,000 to 90,000 years ago

The invention of clothing and the development of the tools needed to create it, are milestones in the story of humanity. A new study, supported in part by The Leakey Foundation, provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

08.12.20

Boxgrove: how we found Europe’s oldest bone tools – and what we learned about their makers

Boxgrove in Sussex, England, is an iconic, old stone age site. This is where the oldest human remains in Britain have been discovered – fossils of Homo heidelbergensis. Part of an exceptionally preserved 26km-wide ancient landscape of stone, it provides a virtually untouched record of early humans almost half a million years ago.

03.04.20

Smallest Homo erectus Cranium in Africa and Diverse Stone Tools Found at Gona, Ethiopia

Journal Article

An international research team led by scientists from the U.S. and Spain, supported in part by The Leakey Foundation, has discovered a nearly complete cranium of an early human ancestor, estimated to about 1.5 million years ago, and a partial cranium dated to about 1.26 million years ago, from the Gona study area in Ethiopia’s Afar State.

01.15.19

2.4 Million Year Old Stone Tools Found in North Africa

Journal Article

When did early humans first arrive in the Mediterranean? New archaeological evidence published in the journal Science and funded in part by The Leakey Foundation indicates their presence in North Africa at least 2.4 million years ago.

12.11.18

New Dates for Ancient Stone Tools in China

Journal Article

You probably think of new technologies as electronics you can carry in a pocket or wear on a wrist. But some of the most profound technological innovations in human evolution have been made out of stone. For most of the time that humans have been on Earth, we’ve chipped stone into useful shapes to make tools for all kinds of work.

Archives for stone tools

Bone tools from Morocco indicate the production of clothing by 120,000 to 90,000 years ago

Boxgrove: how we found Europe’s oldest bone tools – and what we learned about their makers

Smallest Homo erectus Cranium in Africa and Diverse Stone Tools Found at Gona, Ethiopia

2.4 Million Year Old Stone Tools Found in North Africa

New Dates for Ancient Stone Tools in China