A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

This led researchers to believe that ancient humans living ... said of the two mummies: "This ancestry is still a central genetic component of present-day North African people, highlighting ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 ...

This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ...

In comparison to ancient humans found outside of Africa from 7,000 years ago ... However, the team explained that 'this ancestry is still a central genetic component of present-day North African ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Seated on sandbags in South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, where one of our earliest ancestors was found, Itumeleng Molefe swept ancient soil into a blue dustpan, each brushstroke hunting for hidden ...

Explore the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa, home to ancient human ancestors and groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to ...