The stone tools found in Olduvai Gorge changed how archaeologists thought of early hominins: it was evidence that human ancestors were able to make useful tools to adapt to their environment.

Olduvai stone chopping tool (made 1.8 million years ago) found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa. Perhaps the best thing of all about being Director of the British Museum, and one that still ...

Olduvai stone chopping tool (made 1.8 million years ago) found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa. Perhaps the best thing of all about being Director of the British Museum, and one that still ...

found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa What do you take with you when you travel? Most of us would embark on a long list that begins with a toothbrush and ends with excess baggage.

found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa. Perhaps the best thing of all about being Director of the British Museum, and one that still gives me the most enormous thrill is that, now and then ...

one of the first and few fossil ape skulls to be found. Their work at Olduvai Gorge had been interrupted by political uprisings in nearby Kenya, but late in the 1950s, they returned. The Leakeys ...

one of the first and few fossil ape skulls to be found. Their work at Olduvai Gorge had been interrupted by political uprisings in nearby Kenya, but late in the 1950s, they returned. The Leakeys ...

senior Anthropology major minors in Chinese and Art History from Blanchester, OH interested in paleoanthropology received a Gilman Scholarship to dig for fossils in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania "The ...

This is an artist's rendition of an early human habitat in East Africa 1.8 million years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Flanking the eastern edge of the Serengeti, the site houses the Ngorongoro Crater – the world's sixth-largest intact volcanic caldera – and Olduvai Gorge. This UNESCO World Heritage site ...