Archaeologists have discovered some of the first-ever tools used on Earth at a site dubbed 'the cradle of humankind.' They found 3mn-year-old knives made from stones.

Tucked away on the remote northeastern shores of Lake Turkana lies one of Kenya’s most extraordinary national parks — Sibiloi. Far from the bustling cities and well-trodden safari routes, Sibiloi is a ...

Deriving its name from the size of the bones first discovered in the 1990s, it is the most complete specimen of a human ancestor yet discovered, estimated to be between 1.5 and 3.7 million years old.

The ancient hominin fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves, 30 miles northwest of Johannesburg, that form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Cradle of Humankind.