Clik here to view.
600-year-old Chinese coin found on Kenyan island
A joint expedition of scientists led by Chapurukha M. Kusimba of The Field Museum and Sloan R. Williams of the University of Illinois at Chicago has unearthed a 600-year-old Chinese coin on the Kenyan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Origins of human teamwork found in chimpanzees
Teamwork has been fundamental in humanity’s greatest achievements but scientists have found that working together has its evolutionary roots in our nearest primate relatives – chimpanzees. A series of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Earliest evidence of human ancestors hunting and scavenging
Beginning around two million years ago, early stone tool-making humans, known scientifically as Oldowan hominin, started to exhibit a number of physiological and ecological adaptations that required...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beachcombing for early humans in Africa
In the middle of an African desert, with no water to be found for miles, scattered shells, fishing harpoons, fossilised plants and stone tools reveal signs of life from the water’s edge of another era....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kenyan pastoralists move away from ancient cattle herding tradition
A move from cattle herding to camel keeping among Kenyan farmers is more than an economic transition, it represents a fundamental shift in age-old customs
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elongation in Acheulean handaxes: A matter of choice
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that long and slender stone tools were made by human ancestors at least a million years ago
View Article
