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

The region that is now the coast of South Africa was several miles inland, and the caves where the tools were found were ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...

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 ...