Ancient African Skies. News. By Laurance R. Doyle published 7 April 2005 ... We had a description of the Borana calendar, but this did not make astronomical sense. For example, ...

You know the continent—but where did its name come from? From Roman generals to ancient tribes, the roots of “Africa” stretch ...

The ancient town of Beta Samati sits atop a hill that rises 80 feet above the surrounding valley. Its ruins, which are preserved to a depth of 10 feet in places, encompass an area of 50 acres, or ...

A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the ...

Reviewed by Thomas Fuller in Journal of African studies (Los Angeles) 2 (1) spring 1975, pages 118-129 (DT1.J8585 AFA) ANAC copy 39088008591919 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, From ...

Travel Ancient Christian figurines discovered in 1,500-year-old desert graves Rare discovery of well-preserved artifacts shows Israel was a 'crossroads of cultures' 1,500 years ago ...

Africa's incredible ancient city that's over 2,000 years old and abandoned for 700 years Volubilis in Morocco is a breathtaking ancient Roman city frozen in time. By Aditi Rane.

INHERITING HERDING Ancient DNA indicates that early African herders started mating with hunter-gatherers more than 5,000 years ago. Here, modern herders in Tanzania watch over their goats.

The researchers plan to continue studying ancient populations from Africa and around the world. "It is particularly important to reconstruct the origins of present-day genomic diversity in populations ...

The other two-thirds came from an ancient source in West Africa, including a "long lost ghost population of modern humans that we didn't know about before," study senior researcher David Reich, ...

Scientists have way more DNA from ancient Europeans than Africans. Now analysis of a genome from nearly 20,000 years ago is answering questions about the continent’s past.