World's oldest stone tools discovered near Lake Turkana

Researchers have found what could be the oldest tools ever made by human ancestors around Lake Turkana providing new evidence that Kenya is still the cradle of humankind.

The breakthrough, which has created a loud buzz in international archaeological circles, dates the tools to 3.3 million years ago. That's 700,000 years older than the previously oldest known tools. The oldest tools found, prior to this, were discovered at Gona in Ethiopia. Those tools, called Oldowan variety, were dated to 2.6 million years ago.