New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany, who was not involved in the work, tells The Scientist in an email. “The rich fossil record of eastern Africa ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

If the 'out of Africa' model were correct, the now recently retired biologist noted that the DNA from 45,000-year-old European specimens would more comprehensively match ancient African DNA.

Some analyses of modern human genomes hint that Homo sapiens may have interbred with other hominins in Africa. Comparing ancient DNA from Neanderthals ... Inventia Life Science, an innovator in 3D ...

Africa’s Stone Age was also a Bone Age. Ancient Africans took bone tools to a new level around 90,000 years ago by making pointed knives out of animals’ ribs, scientists say. Before then ...

Map showing the environmental sampling locations focused on filling gaps in West Africa, West-Central Africa, and parts of ...

The findings show that the population history of southernmost Africa is different from other regions of the world. People didn't arrive here in waves, replacing other populations and mixing with them.