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 ...

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 ...

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

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 ...