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

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 ...

Based on the dating of the context in which the newly discovered bone tools were found, the researchers suggest that this technology may have played a role in the transition from the Oldowan (2.6 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Then, scientists used 23andMe’s identical by descent technology and vast database of DNAto match identical segments of ancient DNA with those of living descendants of the Catoctin workers.