Iraq’s massive agricultural system, believed to have been built by enslaved Africans, has been given dates by the first ...

From spicy stews to ancient grains, African cuisine is built on resilience. Surviving 24 hours on nothing else uncovers not ...

Over 15 years of fossil excavations in Tanzania and Zambia have revealed a vivid portrait of life before Earth s most ...

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...

Unlike in other African countries in which they have operated, such as Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR), Russians ...

Prague’s newest visitor is 3.2 million years old. Lucy, the famed Australopithecus afarensis fossil, has arrived in the Czech ...

Jewish solidarity from apartheid to today’s flood relief in Eastern CapeIsrael partners with traditional leaders to aid ...

The colors used in African cave paintings came from nature's palette. Red ochre was a popular choice because it was readily ...

Protein evidence reveals hidden variation in P. robustus. The species may be more complex than once believed. For close to a ...

A compound found in African wormwood, traditionally used for medicinal purposes, shows promise in treating asthma by reducing airway inflammation and improving respiratory function, thereby ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...