By digging carefully, archaeologists can connect information from aDNA to information about the social lives of these people.

Evidence suggests ancient hunter-gatherers performed the first ever African cremation of a female sometime around 9,500 years ...

For hundreds of years, Africa has been the location of groundbreaking discoveries that have shaped researchers’ understanding of the Earth’s history. In the Sahara Desert, scientists uncovered ...

The mega structures of the ancient world are famously awe-inspiring. They showcase the ingenuity, ambition and ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent ...

Deep beneath Africa, scientists say two colossal structures are hiding near the boundary between Earth’s mantle and core, and some researchers now argue that these buried giants may be relics of an ...

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...