They open up the possibility of an evolutionary link with the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils – those from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, dated to around 315,000 years ago. These discoveries help clarify ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's leading causes of death, claiming the lives of more people than HIV / AIDS or ...

In western Uganda lies Kasese — home to the country’s highest peak, Margherita Peak, the crowning summit of Mount Stanley within the majestic Rwenzori Mountains. That our highest point bears the name ...

The discovery presents some of the oldest physical evidence that tooth-blackening trends in Vietnam have stayed consistent for a very, very long time.

For the first time in the world, BSIP and ZSI are attempting to sequence the whole nuclear genome of this extinct Indian big ...

Ancient Greek philosophers envisioned a fourth continent across the Atlantic, anticipating America centuries before Columbus.

A massive 37-million-year-old underwater canyon reveals the fossil trace of an ancient Atlantic tectonic boundary.

In a study published in Historical Biology, Dr. Mohammed Naimi and his colleagues report the discovery of the first plesiosaurian remains from Algeria. Additionally, the fossil, dated to the Late ...

The phrase 'Middle East' sounds neutral, but it was born from the British empire. Coined by Western strategists looking out from London, it placed Europe at the centre of the world and labelled ...

The Khazar theory has a long history but was largely discredited with the advent of DNA analysis. Yet it has grown in ...

Some countries are officially known by what are essentially administrative labels. Their names describe how they are governed, where they are located, or how different political units came together.