About 7,000 years ago, in the Sahara, two women were buried in a rock shelter in what is now southwestern Libya. At the time, it was not a desert but a savanna. Their remains, preserved by the dry air ...

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

A modern Western diet, high in processed foods and low in whole plant-based foods, can contribute to chronic inflammation but switching to a traditional African diet, high in fiber and fermented foods ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

Bioko Island, a biodiversity hotspot and part of Equatorial Guinea, is home to seven primate species and others like duikers, ...

On the anniversary of her birth in 1871, we celebrate Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke, the pioneering South African activist known ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Scientists found a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes in rocky a crevice of South Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Courtney Hundermark via Conradie, Hundermark, Kemp ...

This has given impetus to other nations in the Global South, such as those in Africa, to benefit from and advance their role ...

For the Baka people, the forest is the foundation of their identity. They believe they were created with the forest.