A puzzling painting dating back 200 years seems to depict an animal that vanished millions of years ago. An unexpected link between art and paleontology might very well rewrite the history ...

Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over ...

A South African rock painting known as the Horned Serpent panel suggests indigenous people had knowledge of local fossils.

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study. A mysterious tusked animal ...

The ancient San culture lived in the South African Karoo, an arid region with ancient rock formations, according to a study ...

Just as memes of the viral hippo range from sweet to spooky, art history is rich with terrifying, adorable, and bizarre ...

With more than 1,800 works from five continents, and new scholarship, refreshed galleries present the arts of Africa, the ...

With such a significant history, South Africa is home to many ancient archaeological sites ... the Cederberg Mountains with ...

Thirteen ancient genomes from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa offer new insights into the region's human history. A ...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of human history, scientists have successfully decoded the oldest DNA ever ...

This October, the iconic Giza Pyramids will be the backdrop for the fourth edition of Forever Is Now , Egypt's ...

Not only have rock art, stone tools ... much about human history in Asia and Europe. There has been less success in Africa, because of the environmental conditions. Ancient DNA isn’t well ...