Changing climate conditions have been known to foster human evolution throughout history, especially in Africa, where our story first unfolded. However, new research has flipped the script on a common ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient human genomes from southernmost Africa, shedding new light on early human history in a region known for its rich archaeological past. The DNA of 13 individuals ...

A population of early humans lived in southern Africa in near isolation for at least 200,000 years, according to a sweeping new analysis of ancient DNA drawn from 28 people who lived there between ...

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 ...

In this first episode, Zeinab Badawi travels across the continent examining the origins of humankind; how and why we evolved in Africa - Africa is the greatest exporter of all time: every human being ...

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

From the Andes to the Nile, explore ancient civilisations that remain accessible to travellers, with a focus on heritage and ...