Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Nigeria — Africa's most populous nation, with almost 240 million residents — is experiencing urban growth that few countries ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

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

In one of the largest African ancient-DNA studies to date, geneticists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an archaeologist ...

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

Scientists sequenced genomes from 28 individuals dated between 225 and 10,275 years old. These remains came from regions ...

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

Studies claim mango leaf extract boosts mental clarity for 5 hours, but experts warn the tea you're drinking isn't what ...