Early human communication networks revealed thanks to ancient stone tools and blades located in a South African cave.

Fermentation is a process where microorganisms like bacteria and yeast work together to break down complex carbohydrates and ...

A recent study by Dr. Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and his colleagues examined the provenance of ancient copper artifacts discovered on the Island of Ibo off Mozambique's coast. The study, published in Azania ...

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the African humid period. This population had been long isolated from other ...

The skeletons were found buried in the ancient Abu Fatima cemetery in Nubia (now a region in Sudan). Of the 30 skeletons, 14 ...

The increasing trend of reducing foreign aid to Africa is forcing the continent to reassess its approach to health care ...

When I started teaching the history of biology, the importance of this pivotal period of scientific history was often ... The ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

Between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, the area was unrecognizable, transformed into a lush savannah by an unusually wet interval called the African Humid Period. People roamed this green landscape ...

In the business world, Africa’s reliance on foreign supplies of medicine, expertise and capital to improve the health of its most vulnerable citizens would be viewed as a “concentration risk”.

Dated to the Late Preclassic period – which ran from 300 BCE to 250 CE – the grave was discovered in a commoner household known as the Dancer Group, near the ancient Maya city of Dos Hombres.

While it doesn’t house buildings constructed during that ancient period, it is home to several famous cultural heritages built later. The temple was engulfed in flames on Tuesday as strong winds ...