DNA offers new clues about ancient human societies.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of ...

Ecological flexibility, not tools or genes, explains why only one migration out of Africa succeeded around 50,000 years ago.

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago. Previous studies have shown that humans, who arrived in Africa ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago—a pivotal period in Earth's ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration. By Carl Zimmer Geography is one of the things that ...

Why fonio is the ancient grain your body needs now The ancient African superfood that’s about to take over your kitchen By Miriam Musa Jun 17, 2025 11:37 am Image generated by AI ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When South Africa’s apartheid ended, I was in my mid-twenties. Only a fool would have denied then that the ...