An international study led by researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena uncovered 80,000-year-old stone blades made ...

Land reform in South Africa has followed a familiar script—conquest, displacement, and struggle. The names change, but the fights remain the same.

The Denisovans provided the genetic difference for Asian and Australid populations, two of the four “root races” from which ...

Later, in the 1960s, South African archaeologist Glynn Isaac expanded research through further excavations and geological studies as part of his dissertation. Opuka says the artifacts found at ...

R1, which led to Nvidia losing nearly $600 billion in a day. This breakthrough highlighted AI's potential, reminiscent of ...

As it happens, rounded rocks have been found at sites occupied by ancient hominids across the world, although until now ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Hominini appeared in Africa approximately 6 to 7 million years ago. Their evolution has been marked by several species, including Homo habilis, considered one of the first to use tools, and Homo ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ancestor of humanity thrived in arid environments, long before Homo sapiens.

Independent paleoanthropologists have tended to classify the skull as either Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis ... research is the co-existence of all main anthropological types (African–Kobi, Asian ...

DAR ES SALAAM, January 28, 2025 — Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to ...