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

Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were.

Scientists from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology worked together to ...

The remains of a long-lost society have been unearthed in Morocco, in a discovery that could rewrite the ancient history of ...

An ancient farming community was discovered in Morocco. Items found around the 5,000-year-old community included animal ...

Zoroastrianism, an ancient monotheistic religion, was once widely practiced throughout the Persian Empire. Importantly, its ...

It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

A 2-billion-year-old rock in South Africa has yielded an incredible discovery: living microbes trapped within its sealed ...

A large-scale, ancient Moroccan farming community may have played a pivotal role in the development of Mediterranean cultures ...

A 200 year old painting in a cave on the La Belle France farm in the Free State province of South Africa, may be the world's oldest known piece of paleo-art depicting an extinct mammal-like reptile ...

Plant-based cookie-shaped snacks made with ancient African grain teff are available in flavours of Chocolate Date, Chocolate ...