A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Why cholera is striking in Africa. It's a disease that's easy to control with proper treatment. But without medical care, ...

The American Journal of Human Genetics recently published a perspective piece on the need for an equitable and inclusive future for DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) research in Africa. The paper ...

A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups.

Paleoanthropologists identified the early human based on molars that are several million years old.

Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 ...

Analysis - Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion - a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved Africans working in various ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient human genomes from southernmost Africa, shedding new light on early human history in a region known for its rich archaeological past. The DNA of 13 ...

Driving beyond South Africa's Limpopo province, into the village of Chivadini, people and grassland are scarce. But the oldest living organisms in Africa -- baobab trees -- are abundant.

Many celebrated Ouma Katrina Esau from the Northern Cape, the last native speaker of a critically endangered African language spoken by the San people.

The unlikely survival of ancient monkeys, swept across the Atlantic Ocean New evidence suggests an ancient primate lineage safely traveled from Africa to South America on a raft of vegetation. It ...

Estimating the population of Ancient Greece is a complex task due to the lack of accurate historical records and the ...