Cutting-edge imaging technologies are helping archaeologists uncover the secrets of vast outdoor sites, revealing the rich ...

These new results from southernmost Africa are quite different and suggest a long history of relative genetic stability,” ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago.

Based on existing archaeological evidence such as smelted ore, ancient grinding mills, and old copper smelting tools, the site has a long historical significance, often dating back to pre-Islamic ...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Stone tools crafted by ancient humans between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago that were recovered from coastal South Africa's Robberg caves match contemporaneous styles found in ...

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

Dr. de la Torre said it was likely that other troves of bone tools await archaeologists at other ancient sites in Africa. “It may be the case that we archaeologists have not looked hard enough ...

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient ... tools were made, three different species ...