The discovery shines further light on the pivotal role played by the Maghreb in shaping societies along Africa's ...

For centuries, the history of the West African kingdom of Kaabu, which thrived from the mid-1500s to the 1800s and spanned ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

However, new analysis of material found at a site known as Béte 1 in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, is debunking that theory in what could be a major archaeology breakthrough. According to a ...

Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make connections with what they can see. Being able to see prominent ...

I hope my study serves as a framework for comparative analyses of other African sites in archaeology and sheds some light on what went into the choice of these locations. In the early 19th century ...