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Where have Oldowan tools been found with Homo habilis fossils?

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An illustration of Homo habilis, an early human ancestor, shown walking upright with a hairy body and ape-like features. A scale beside the figure indicates height in inches and centimeters. — Homo habilis Artist's rendering of *Homo habilis*, which lived from 2 to 1.5 million years ago.

Oldowan tools have been found in association with Homo habilis fossils at several key paleoanthropological sites, most notably at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.12

Additionally, these stone artifacts have been discovered in the region of Koobi Fora near Lake Turkana in Kenya, where H. habilis fossils have also been recovered. Other sites where such tools have been identified in the context of early hominin activity include Omo, Ethiopia.132

While these tools are frequently associated with H. habilis, it is important to note that other hominins, such as robust australopithecines, were present at these same sites during the same time periods, leading some researchers to debate which species were responsible for their creation. Furthermore, the oldest known stone tools predate the emergence of the genus Homo entirely, suggesting that tool construction may have originated with earlier hominins.21