Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

The sequencing of a genome extracted from the remains of an individual from ancient Egypt has revealed that 77.6% of their ...

Three massive genetic studies draw a new map of ancient human migrations. ... a small number of ancient humans left Africa — which show up around 40,000 to 60,000 years ago as a huge reduction ...

IPCC authors launched a program to get more academics from Africa involved; more than 700 have since attended talks and conferences that highlighted gaps in the IPCC’s African data, Sokona says.

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

Ancient African Christian artifacts found in Israel's Tel Malḥata offer insights into historical cultural diversity and traditions 1,500 years ago, according to officials.

Can a handful of ancient African coins, discovered almost 70 years ago by a lone soldier on a remote island, rewrite history? A weathered, hand-drawn map, with an "X" marking the spot on the ...

We know from geneticists, anthropologists and historians that the Yoruba on my ancestral tree is ancient as is Mandenka (Mandingo), and Mbuti Pygmy is most ancient, the second most ancient human ...

The East African man’s genome, the first map of ancient human DNA from Africa, helped to determine that a population closely related to Europe’s first farmers made major inroads in Africa, the ...

Ancient Africa, a fascinating new book by Christopher Ehret, offers a millennia-spanning panorama of a thriving and innovative continent Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...