With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

A new four-part Netflix docuseries, “African Queens: Njinga,” tells the story of the 17th-century warrior Queen Njinga, who ruled over the territories of Ndongo and Matamba in present-day Angola.

This undated photo provided by the Palaeodeserts Project in September 2021 shows the Jubbah Oasis in northern Saudi Arabia, where humans were repeatedly present during periods of increased rainfall ...

Cueva de las Manos del Rio Pinturas, Cave of the Hands, Argentina, South America. Between 50,000 to 10,000 years ago modern humans reached all continents. Past studies hypothesized that early humans ...