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Hominins in Africa were shaping bone tools as early as 1.5 million years ago
For decades, anthropologists believed that early hominins — our distant ancestors roaming Africa over a million years ago — ...
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Maps Showing China's Growing Influence in Africa Distort Reality - but Some Risks Are Real [analysis]
Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa's single largest trading partner.In response, media and policymakers in ...
Mongabay News2d
Pastoralists know every landscape has a history: Interview with Gufu Oba
From the Tibetan plateau to the African Sahel, pastoralism is one of humanity’s oldest ways of life. Moving livestock across ...
Where were enslaved Africans taken from? The answer could be hidden in their bones.
Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...
Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in ...
From the lows of Sacred Games to highs of Paatal Lok and Rocket Boys: How Indian OTT broke the season 2 curse
Paatal Lok season 2 may be the final confirmation that Indian storytellers have finally gotten the hang of season 2, breaking ...
As measles cases mount in the U.S., what’s the situation worldwide?
In the U.S., most states now are below the 95% vaccination threshold for kindergartners — the level needed to protect ...
Al Jazeera on MSN8d
‘No one talks about this’: Remembering Germany’s role in colonising Africa
Unlike those beside it – official square plaques that tell of Germany’s Nazi history in sombre colours – this one made of ...
Ancient stone walls and power: what data science tools can reveal in African archaeology
In the past 30 years, they’ve been helped in these studies by digital tools like geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is ...
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Southern Africa: Ancient Stone Walls and Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal in African Archaeology
Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to ... system that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage geographic information. But this method is still ...
Associated Press14d
Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here’s what’s at stake
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world’s ...
How white skin evolved in Europeans: Incredible map reveals how pale complexions only became the norm 1,700 years ago
The Neolithic Revolution was the world's first verifiable revolution in agriculture. It began in Britain between about 5000 BC and 4500 BC but spread across Europe from origins in Syria and Iraq ...