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

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.

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 ...

Four ancient youngsters, one pair from around 8,000 years ago and another from about 3,000 years ago, have opened a window on humankind’s far older, far-flung African origins. Analyses of the ...

Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa. People took shelter in natural rock overhangs, leaving behind an archaeological record of their ...

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 ...

Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern coast of South Africa. It is set into a sandstone cliff above a stream in a valley forested by towering old ...

From a burial site in Cameroon, archaeologists recovered human genetic material dating as far back as 8,000 years. By Carl Zimmer In October 2015, scientists reconstructed the genome of a ...