Parallel to biological evolution, early humans developed technologies that allowed hominins to become increasingly successful at acquiring food and inhabiting different environments.  

Kenya’s prehistoric record documents over 3 million years of stone tool technology. Evidence of Kenya’s technological evolution can be seen especially in three levels of innovations:

• The creation and use of tools, 
• New subsistence patterns, and 
• Occupation of new environmental zones.

These tools marked the beginning of a long technological journey that has culminated into the sophisticated world of technology that dominates our lifestyle. The production of these invaluable artefacts and the contexts within which they were used, showcases Kenya as the ‘cradle of innovation’.