To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Olduvai Gorge, an unassuming archaeological site in Tanzania, East Africa, has become known as one of the richest paleoanthropological places in the world. Alongside hominin fossils millions of ...

Research Reveals Our Ancestors Developed Tools and Intellectual Capacity to Survive in Extreme Dry Conditions 1.2 Million Years Ago New research indicated that our ancestors Homo erectus made ...

In 1931, Leakey made his first trip to the Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania -- the site of some of his most important finds. Though he found a few things of interest, he didn't return for a ...

The Olduvai Gorge handaxe doesn't, of course, look anything like a modern axe - there's no handle and there's no metal blade. It's in fact a piece of grey-green volcanic rock, a very beautiful ...

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 ...

The Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania has a geology that fossil-hunters love. A river cuts through several layers of strata with four distinct beds. Bed I, the oldest, is about 2 million years old.

Our early human ancestors had a much greater adaptability to survive in extreme environments than previously thought ...

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 ...

It is home to Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and Serengeti National Park, as well as Olduvai Gorge, a rich archaeological site often called “the cradle of civilization.” However, Tanzania ...

open image in gallery Masai landowners and project members collaborate at excavations of the site of Engaji Nanyori in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. After conducting research at the site ...