Four cultural stewards of sustainability unpack how indigo embodies Black fashion’s legacy of labor, innovation, and enduring ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world ...

New research challenges the long-standing belief that northern Africa underwent a dry period crucial to human evolution. Instead, scientists now suggest that the region may have experienced stable, ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first humans.

The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the earliest known hominids appear in the fossil record.

New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa’s climate The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the earliest ...

Fashion waste from UK brands including Next, Asda and M&S have been found in protected wetlands in Ghana, according to Greenpeace.

Kwayisi, D., Elburg, M., & Lehmann, J. (2021). Preserved Ancient Oceanic Lithosphere within the Buem Structural Unit at the Eastern Margin of the West African Craton ...

The Tarkhan Dress, carbon-dated to 3482 to 3102 B.C., is the world's oldest known complex woven garment — meaning an item of clothing that was cut and fitted ... manufacturing during the rise of the ...