An international research team has extracted genome-wide ancient DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummified women buried in a ...

Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived in deep isolation for roughly 100,000 years and evolved genetic patterns ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

The magic of myths -- Meet the ancient Africans -- One continent, many worlds -- The cradle of humanity -- Gods and spirits -- In touch with the spirit world -- Timeless tales of ancient Africa -- A ...

A survey of early African civilizations. Imaginative maps by Philip Stapp set the scene for live photography of the ancient kingdoms of Kush, Axum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai and the dramatic stone ruins of ...

Mandible of a hunter-gatherer woman who lived 7900 years ago at Matjes River Rockshelter in the Western Cape, South Africa, for whom a genome was reconstructed. In one of the largest African ...

The ancient African concept of judgment of the soul, conceived thousands of years before Christ. This interview begins with a discussion of the concept of the judgment of the soul, as conceived by the ...