Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

Malawi has stunned the global scientific community after United States researchers discovered evidence that people living around Hora Mountain in Mzimba were practicing cremation nearly 9,500 years ...

Centuries before modern borders, Ghana was a land of kings, scholars, and merchants. Its golden trade routes and strong leadership forged one of Africa’s earliest and most influential kingdoms.

Stone craftsmanship has deep roots in the Shona culture, most notably seen at Great Zimbabwe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

The U.S. is cutting the Hepatitis B vaccine from its recommended list. But here's a place where the medical establishment — ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

The way Sahaleanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...