Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

The Fulani people are Africa’s largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

A large ancient DNA study reveals that early humans in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation for at least 200,000 ...

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study. Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain ...

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A new genetic analysis has reconstructed the history of North Africa's Jews, showing that these populations date to biblical-era Israel and are not largely the descendants ...

Recent genetic analysis challenges long-held belief about the origins of domestic cats from the Levant and their arrival in ...