Modern humans may descend from two or more genetically distinct streams that split but continued to occasionally mix over time in Africa. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

So far, 70 houses have been built, 40 of which have cemented floors to improve sanitation and keep parasites like jiggers at bay.

Philipp Gunz, MPI EVA Leipzig under CC-BY-SA 2.0 Past studies of human genetics have proposed the theory that modern humans originated from a single population in Africa.

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Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting the long-held argument that modern humans arose from one place in Africa during one period in time. By analyzing ...

Colonialism profoundly shaped modern universities in Africa. It implanted institutions on African soil that were largely replicas of European universities rather than organically African.

Some of the oldest remains of modern humans in the world are much older than scientists thought. The remains, known as Omo I, were found in southwest Ethiopia in the late 1960s.