In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

With such a significant history, South Africa is home to many ancient archaeological sites ... culture of the formerly nomadic ǂKhomani San people and the strategies they used to adapt to harsh ...

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

For many years now there has been a debate about whether the ancient peoples ... there were theories that Africa was inhabited much later than Asia and that the people occupying Africa today ...

Discover the wisdom of ancient African proverbs and their relevance to Black history and lives today. Learn how these proverbs can inspire and empower.

hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and ...