A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the ...

The African continent is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent. Many of the world’s most significant ancient historical sites are found here. And despite being the hottest ...

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the unique “geologic fingerprints” for most of the African continent. The map ...

Geographical exploration is a type of quest, the objective being to discover remote lands. One major era, in the history of ...

Gazans can in many ways be thought of as a separate ethnicity from West Bank Palestinians. This is because Gazans have ...

Africa's split at the East African Rift could form a massive ocean in 1 million years, creating new coastlines, altering ...

Most non-African people ... Thursday suggest that ancient humans and Neanderthals interbred during a limited period of time as the humans left Africa and migrated to new continents.

Studies published in the journals Nature and Science on Thursday suggest that ancient humans and Neanderthals interbred during a limited period of time as the humans left Africa and migrated to new ...

Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African ... people's understanding of Africa," Desta tells the BBC. "I wanted to write about a time when the continent ...

Two comprehensive studies, including analysis of skulls of ancient modern humans ... evolved in Africa but migrated out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago. When we reached Europe ...

From a total solar eclipse that captivated our continent to record temperatures that scorched the planet, these were the ...