The mummies are thought to be from a never-before-seen population living in remote Africa around 7,000 years ago.

Scientists have uncovered that the continental divide between South America and Africa 135 million years ago unleashed 16 ...

Now one of the driest places on Earth, the Saharo-Arabian Desert may have been key to human migration history.

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In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, ...

The Doctrine of Discovery is rooted in a series of influential papal decrees, or Papal Bulls, issued in the 15th century.

When we resumed at Harvard Kennedy School last year, Africa became a topic of interest among many of our fellow students.