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Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

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 ...

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 ...