Around 60,000 years ago, people in southern Africa were already using poisoned arrows as part of their hunting strategies.

Bones From 773,000 Years Ago Capture Human Evolution at a Crossroads In A Nutshell Ancient African fossils dated to around ...

TANZANIA, AFRICA, SAFARI, GREAT MIGRATION, ZANZIBAR, OLDUVAI GORGE, NGORONGORO CRATER, SELOUS, NYERERE, RUAHA, MAHALE, GOMBE, ...

The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...

Mafia, which sits just off Tanzania’s east coast, is home to a unique archaeological site called Ras Kisamani — possibly one ...

A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

By digging carefully, archaeologists can connect information from aDNA to information about the social lives of these people.

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...