A Nigerian scholar, Dr. Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, has won a $300,000 prize in Italy for proving that glass bead production ...

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...

Inbreeding with domestic cats has become a serious threat to Afro-Asiatic wildcat conservation. Wildcat experts urge pet ...

In South Africa's Karoo region, a university student's exploration led to the discovery of Peripatopsis barnardi, a new ...

We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we ...

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

These relics were not just ancient bones—they were fragments of India’s soul, carried through centuries of faith, fire, and ...

Archaeology supports that 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia were well-versed in boatbuilding and open-sea ...

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more ...

Ancient DNA from 9,000-year-old skeletons found in South Africa reveals genetic continuity, refuting theories about waves of ...

Climate change is reshaping the global water cycle, disrupting rainfall patterns and putting growing pressure on cities and ...