Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

For a long time, North Africa was seen as a passive participant ... This is a modest genetic influence compared to ancient ...

Archaeological fieldwork in Morocco has uncovered the earliest known farming society from a previously unexplored period of northwestern Africa’s prehistory. A recent study published in the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...