Olduvai Gorge Museum, the biggest natural history and scientific research facility in East Africa is set for an official opening this weekend by the Tanzania’s Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan. The ...

For many years, we have been trying to solve a big question about our origin or the origin of man and the secrets behind creation of humans which we all belong. But the discovery of the skull of Early ...

Researchers analyzing the molecular fossils left behind by plants at a 1.8-million-year-old Olduvai Gorge site have discovered that early humans had reliable access to potable fresh water as well as ...

An approximately 2.0- to 1.8-million-year-old archaeological site demonstrates that early humans had the skills and tools to cope with ecological change. Olduvai (now Oldupai) Gorge, known as the ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8-1.2 million years ago engineered their stone tools in complex ways to make optimized cutting tools. Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8 -- 1.2 ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

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.

Through her Facebook page, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s daughter Rosemary Odinga has apologised to Tanzanians after she stated that the Olduvai Gorge archaeological site is located in Kenya.

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The ability to adapt to changing ...

Olduvai (now Oldupai) Gorge, known as the Cradle of Humankind, is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania, made famous by Louis and Mary Leakey. New interdisciplinary field work has led to the ...