When Kevin Hatala asks his students on the first day of class, “What are the characteristics that make us human?” the first response they tend to give is opposable thumbs. “But if you look ...

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

Analysis of ancient proteins preserved in fossilized ... This is largely because aDNA does not survive well in African hominin fossils older than 20,000 years of age. Paranthropus, which lived ...

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A new exhibit at the Kelowna Art Gallery explores African history andlegend using Lego. Building Black Civilizations: Journey of 2,000 Ships, is a series ofLego block sculptures. Ekow Nimako is ...

A sperm whale recently washed ashore on a beach in South Africa, making for a “very rare ... wrote in a Facebook post. Photos and videos posted by Tresfon show the behemoth lying on its ...

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between ...

An aerial reconstruction shows the walls (white lines) and entrances (red lines) of the ancient Roman military camp. Photo from Constructing the Limes First, students took aerial photos of the ...