Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...

On the outskirts of Cape Town, at the base of Table Mountain and set back from a tangle of freeways, the Liesbeek and Black rivers meet in a small stretch of marshland. The 37-acre plot isn’t pristine ...

The Berbers were particularly known for their conquest of the country of Spain and for resisting colonisation attempts by the Persian and Roman Empires. They were so powerful that they expanded and ...

Scientists have found evidence of several waves of migration by looking at the genetic signatures of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our ...