Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest database of genomic information from the ...

That has revealed the second deep truth: In a very real sense, all people alive today are Africans. Our species, Homo sapiens, evolved in Africa—no one is sure of the exact time or place.

The United Nations General Assembly has officially adopted a resolution establishing a second Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade will run from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31 ...