Extracting more fossil fuels is not the solution to energy poverty in Africa, as it would worsen the "climate crisis" for ...

A sharp-toothed fossil found in an Egyptian desert proves that sea-going crocodiles originated in Africa, according to scientists. They say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile that was around ...

Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural history scholar, was ...

WASHINGTON (August 20, 2024) – Much of the early human fossil record originates from just a few places in Africa, where favorable geological conditions have preserved a trove of fossils used by ...

New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

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South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

A fossil trackway east of Still Bay in South Africa’s Western Cape province was found in 2018 by a colleague and was brought to our attention. It was found on the surface of a loose block of ...

Africa faces a massive energy gap due to rapid population growth and underdeveloped grids. The continent has abundant resources for solar, wind, and hydropower energy. New data suggests Africa can ...

Renewable energy is expected to account for less than 10% of Africa's electricity generation by 2030, showing massive investment is needed to unlock the continent's wind and solar power potential, ...