The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

Chennai: DNA dating reveals stratification of society in India occurred 1,700 or 1,800 years ago, says Raj Mutharasan, an ...

A new documentary on Afrobeats, Nigerian Yoruba music, and politics will look at a century of fuji, juju, apala, sakara, highlife and more ...

Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

An Ancient North African Civilization Sacrificed Their Young Children to Gods as Part of a Religious Practice In ancient Carthage, (now in Tunisia) the civilization used to follow brutal rituals of ...

New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

Solving Sacramento Founded by visual artist and community leader Shonna McDaniels, the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum is a ...