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

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

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

Researchers are exploring the idea that one hemisphere of Earth, dominated by the Pacific Ocean, is losing internal heat ...

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

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

NASA imagery reveals the rapid modern expansion of Benin City while highlighting its deep historical roots.

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

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

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of ...