A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand ...

founded in the early 19th century by freed African Americans. While not ancient in the sense of millennia-old civilizations, it is the oldest modern independent African state, gaining independence ...

Over the last 20 years, genetic research has changed dramatically. An explosion of genomic data has reshaped how we ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Ancient Greek sailors, whose sails caught the winds of curiosity and ambition, were among the earliest to venture beyond ...

A new study uncovered how ancient land shifts allowed elephants to cross from Africa to Asia millions of years ago.

Ancient genomes from Libya’s Takarkori shelter have provided new insights into the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...

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To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research ...

Join me on an exhilarating adventure as I tickle one of Africa's deadliest vipers next to ancient cave paintings! Watch as we ...