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In Kenya, an archaeological discovery dating back 2.6 million years is overturning scientists’ beliefs about human evolution

A discovery that contradicts long-held assumptions about how tools were made at the time.
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UNM Anthropologist Examines Rare Early Human Bones

Osbjorn Pearson In 2012, fossils from a rare Homo habilis skeleton were uncovered along the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists who ...
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The top human evolution discoveries of 2025, from the intriguing Neanderthal diet to the oldest Western European face fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...
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To Craft Early Tools, Ancient Human Relatives Transported Stones Over Long Distances 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...
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Searching for Human Origins in Kenya and on the Mall

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The excavation team at Olorgesailie finds multiple layers of handaxes and other ancient artifacts, indicating where early humans were making, ...
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In ancient teeth, clues of human evolution — and perhaps a new species

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...