An ancient, distant human cousin from southern Africa called Paranthropus robustus has for the first time revealed molecular clues to its evolutionary status. Sequences of a protein derived from a ...

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An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago. Previous studies have shown that humans, who arrived in Africa 300,000 ...

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 ...

The impulse to connect, communicate, and express identity is as old as humanity itself. We see it in the old cave paintings, in the ochre-stained shells, and now, surprisingly, in tiny donut-shaped ...

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years Riley Black - Science Correspondent The tusks of ancient elephants came in a variety of shapes and sizes.