Along the Loop 202 and Cooper Road, a Floor & Décor store is under construction.. The Atlanta-based home improvement warehouse specialty retailer focuses on hard-surface flooring like tile, vinyl ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute ...

Africa is splitting into two continents due to tectonic forces reshaping the Earth beneath our feet. This video explores the fascinating geological process occurring along the East African Rift ...

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the hidden force tearing it apart.

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A 35-mile-long crack, known as the East African Rift, is gradually tearing ...

Tools made on long bone diaphysis of very large mammals,.some 1.5 million years ago. [Photo by Ignacio de la Torre et al / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the Dutch king and queen as allegations of human rights abuses are mounting in the East African country, with Kenyans writing hundreds of emails and ...

The East African Rift Valley region contains several sites that are rich in ancient human fossils. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program Potts has been asking this question for most of his career.

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Augustana University and The South Dakota African American History Museum are working together to preserve African American heritage sites in Sioux Falls.

In 5 to 10 million years, it is possible that part of East Africa split from the rest of the continent, creating a new ocean between the divorced landmasses. The study is published in the journal ...