Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

The rise and fall of the Garamantes in what is now Libya is a cautionary tale for regions that rely on ancient groundwater. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Every so often, a pandemic emerges that dramatically alters human society. The Black Death (1347 - 1351) was one; the Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there’s COVID-19. Archaeologists have long ...

Not long after humankind's emergence in Africa, Homo sapiens were off to explore the rest of the world. Yet, across the ancient timeline, the land that ancient humans walked upon was ever-changing.

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study led by UCL researchers. Published in Science Advances, the ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...

A new ancient DNA study argues that the familiar house cat is a relative latecomer, carried from North Africa into Europe ...

Mandible of a hunter-gatherer woman who lived 7900 years ago at Matjes River Rockshelter in the Western Cape, South Africa, for whom a genome was reconstructed. In one of the largest African ...