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

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

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

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

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

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

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

“There’s not been much of a North African story,” says David ... All carried local hunter-gatherer ancestry, similar to that of ancient people from what is now Morocco, identified in earlier ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat ...

For a long time, North Africa was seen as ... genetic influence compared to ancient western Maghreb populations where, at some sites, European farmer ancestry can reach as high as 80%.