Over three floors, MoAD presents an African diaspora “unbound” from earthly and chronological conceptions of diaspora.

After being turned into an international symbol of the oppression of black women, Baartman also became a focus of claims for ...

Part of my emotional recovery from schizophrenia came from identifying and addressing my environmental triggers.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

The quartz arrowheads were collected from sediment at Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa dated to the ...

Analysis of 60,000-year-old artifacts has uncovered the oldest known poison arrowheads, hinting at advanced ancient knowledge ...

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.

The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...