On a lakeside peninsula in Eastern Africa, archaeologists have found clues ... including the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago.

African shell craftsmanship is a beautiful and intricate art form woven into the fabric of the continent's cultures for ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the first-ever tools used on Earth at a site in Africa dubbed 'the cradle ... humanity's early beginnings such as other ancient tools and the remains of ...

Africa’s Stone Age was also a Bone Age. Ancient Africans took bone tools to a new level around 90,000 years ago by making pointed knives out of animals’ ribs, scientists say. Before then ...

These are the first ancient DNA samples from sub-Saharan Africa that date to this period ... For instance, obsidian, a type of stone particularly suited for making tools, was moved over long distances ...