In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

One thing cannot be denied: throughout history, Black women have faced countless glass ceilings. Yet, with resilience and ...

About 7,000 years ago, in the Sahara, two women were buried in a rock shelter in what is now southwestern Libya. At the time, ...

This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ...

Woman-to-woman marriage exemplifies the flexibility of African gender constructs. It’s an assertion of female agency.

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

New data show that in Late Bronze Age tombs, more warrior kits are found next to women than men, changing our understanding ...

Researchers made the finding in Sudan after analzying the remains of 30 people (14 females and 16 males) buried in a Nubian ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

As the concert business soars to new heights, five of its most powerful women have been on a tear ... digital boundaries,” Rhone says. South African artist Tyla’s Grammy-winning breakthrough ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...