South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

Ancient proteins reveal new insights into Paranthropus robustus fossilsFossil protein analysis shows both sexes and ...

Analysis - For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked upright, and was built ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( – the voice of the African energy sector – is urging OPEC member states and their allies ...

Many of the fossil technicians, like those working at the Sterkfontein Cave system, have been doing this job for decades and have amassed an abundance of knowledge of the caves and the fossils ...

With abundant renewable resources, from solar and wind to hydropower, Africa holds some of the world’s greatest opportunities ...

SLAPP suits are civil actions filed—often by corporations—against activists, journalists or NGOs in an effort to burden them ...

A 2024 study posits that a mysterious animal found in San rock art is actually a reconstruction of a dicynodont.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution in the upcoming new ...

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three ...