The discovery of stone tools in Algeria has cast doubt on the notion that east Africa was the 'cradle of humankind'.
Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
A cache of stone tools is calling in to question the timeline during which early humans left Africa.
Scientists have found evidence that stone tools were used to cut meat almost 1 million years earlier than thought.
The new discovery of stone tools on the island of Flores suggests an evolutionary history of over 1 million years.