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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 ...

A small, newly uncovered document from ancient Dongola is reshaping what historians know about a little-understood period in ...

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study. Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain ...

Learn about the discovery of a 2,400-year-old iron-smelting workshop in Senegal, shedding light on the Iron Age in West Africa. The Iron Age sparked a crucial evolution for civilizations in Europe, ...

In one of the largest African ancient-DNA studies to date, geneticists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and an archaeologist from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, analysed the DNA of 28 ...

Ancient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar feline companions first stepped out of Africa and into homes, ships and cities ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have reconstructed ancient human genomes from southernmost ...

The American Journal of Human Genetics recently published a perspective piece on the need for an equitable and inclusive future for DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) research in Africa. The paper highlights ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...