Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
2.9-million-year-old butchery site, Nyayanga, reopens case of who made first stone tools; the study has been published in Science
Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, a carnivore known from most of its jaw, portions of its skull, and parts of its skeleton, was a hyaenodont larger than a polar bear