A mega-catalog of 1,231 fossils reveals that Homo was never a rare species in Omo-Turkana and rewrites the history of our ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Analysis - New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who ...

Africa has the greatest human genetic diversity and the hunter-gatherers of southern Africa represent some of the oldest known genetic lineages. They can therefore reveal more about where and when we ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

When a partial fossil foot emerged from Ethiopia’s ancient sediments, it carried a quiet but profound implication: Lucy, the ...

South Africa’s pursuit of a just energy transition faces two critical risks: deliberate obstruction by fossil fuel companies and aligned politicians, and the replication of existing inequities if the ...

Although a recently discovered species overlapped with the famous Lucy, and appears less evolved in many ways, it also shows ...

Humans navigate today's world with a genetic profile largely the same as that of our Paleolithic ancestors, which has ...

How is knowing about the recently implemented labour codes relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like the ...

African civil society organisations are demanding a just transition from fossil fuels to community-owned renewable energy systems as South Africa hosts the G20 Summit. The Green Connection and allied ...

From South Africa's arid Northern Cape to Brazil's Amazon, industrial giants are under growing pressure for tax ...