Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

Between 200,000 to 300,000 years ago in Eurasia and in Africa, ancient humans developed a sophisticated kind of stone tool production method known as Levallois technology, named after the site ...

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language ...

Ancient North African genomes rewrite Sahara’s genetic history. According to Ringbauer, a long-standing hypothesis has suggested that the Pastoralists of the Green Sahara originated from sub-Saharan ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

Ancient DNA from South Africa rock shelter reveals the same human population stayed there for 9,000 years. ... New technology is making it possible to keep learning more from previously discovered ...

Ancient North African genomes rewrite Sahara’s genetic history. According to Ringbauer, a long-standing hypothesis has suggested that the Pastoralists of the Green Sahara originated from sub-Saharan ...