This research seeks to understand AiKS through palaeontology by connecting geology and the fossil record of early human ancestors to traditional African practices. It examines human and geological fossils and their contexts to illuminate and validate aspects of AiKS related to interactions with the landscape and adaptation strategies, including to climatic changes. Material findings will inform, in particular, about food production and sharing, burial practices and the progression of knowledge and innovation through the development and use of tools. This integration of palaeontology with AiKS enhances the understanding of how indigenous knowledge has been shaped. It helps to contextualise AiKS within the broader framework of human evolution, grounding it in a historical context that reveals the continuity of African knowledge systems across millennia.