At multiple archaeological sites across southern Africa, researchers have uncovered hundreds of unusual fragments of ostrich eggshell. These pieces date back more than 60,000 years and were engraved ...

The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

They open up the possibility of an evolutionary link with the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils – those from Jebel Irhoud in ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago unearthed in a Moroccan cave are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa, ...

A group of 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from Morocco may shed new light on when our species branched off from the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans. A team of anthropologists recently ...

An international research team reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco). The fossils are very securely dated to 773,000 +/- 4,000 years ago, ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, ...

The generally accepted theory of the spread of ancient humans from Africa, where they first evolved, known as “Out of Africa,” holds that a single species, Homo erectus, subsequently migrated to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

Egypt and South Africa both won their first 2025 AFCON matches with a 2-1 scoreline. Both teams now lead Group B with three points and identical +1 goal differences. The two last met at AFCON 2019, ...

South Africa faces Angola in 2025 AFCON Group B opener; Egypt, Zimbabwe also in group. South Africa qualified for 2026 World Cup, topping Group C over Nigeria in qualifiers. Match airs on beIN Sports, ...