providing a more nuanced picture of our species’ complex origins. “It’s becoming more and more clear that humans didn't originate in a single population in one region of Africa,” says ...

The pictures appear in The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi, a new book tracing the imagined history of two fictional noble families in a Nigeria very different from the country where ...

The identification of Astropanax eogetem helps build a more complete picture of this thriving tropical ... and now we know these included ancient African forests in the Mush Valley." ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: In Senegal's capital city Dakar, Muslims belonging to the Layene Sufi order make their way to evening prayers on ...