Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ...

They open up the possibility of an evolutionary link with the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils – those from Jebel Irhoud in ...

Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

The skull of the Australopithecus nicknamed 'Little Foot'. (Wits University/CC BY SA 4.0) Scientists have reconstructed the face of one of the most famous hominin fossils. Affectionately known as ...

The document turns Nubian King Qashqash from a semi-legendary figure into a historically verifiable monarch ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Jihadist movements motivated by Islamist fundamentalism are targeting Christian communities in parts of Africa.

The name Iran comes from the Indo-Iranian roots of the people who built early Persian civilisation.