Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during ...

According to genomic analyses, the Takarkori rock shelter women came from a unique North African lineage that diverged from ...

For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...

Between 14,800 and 5,500 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period, the Sahara was not the desert we know today. It was a green expanse of land, with numerous plants and ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

A group of researchers has focused on this shift in North Africa, providing new insights into discoveries in Morocco. In their study, «High continuity of forager ancestry in the Neolithic period ...

The team made the daily climb with all their excavation and photography equipment, weighing up to 50 pounds per person.

The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...