Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...

Sacramento City Unified plans to launch an African American studies program by 2027-28, expanding culturally relevant coursework and addressing systemic inequities.

A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

What is lost are political structures, economic systems, and ruling elites. What persists - always - are the people and their informational legacy. Customs, tools, beliefs, and institutions integrate ...

Quinoa: The Complete Protein Powerhouse Quinoa is a complete protein, as it contains all nine essential amino acids. This ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

The Ancient Green Sahara Discovery The African humid period reveals how northern Africa was dramatically wetter during the ...

Over the following three decades, UNESCO brought together some of the best minds from Africa and around the world – including Djibril Tamsir Niane, Cheikh Anta Diop, Théophile Obenga, Ali Mazrui and ...

The uplift of East Africa during the Miocene epoch dramatically transformed the region's climate and ecosystems, promoting ...