How we dated the remnants of the Bokoni polity
If you go for a walk in the green hills of Mpumalanga in the north east of South Africa, you …
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If you go for a walk in the green hills of Mpumalanga in the north east of South Africa, you …
Like all living things, humans are the product of a complex evolutionary history. Our ancestors’ environment and diets, and the …
The story of human history is one of migrations over the globe and admixture – the exchange of DNA – …
Alcohol deaths in England and Wales in 2020 were the highest for 20 years. The Office for National Statistics…
Ancient historians loved to write about warfare and famous battles. While these millennia-old stories still feed modern imaginations – Homer’s …
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Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind – the birthplace of our species, Homo sapiens. There …
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Humans evolved in Africa, along with chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys. But primates themselves appear to have evolved elsewhere – likely …
Second only to COVID-19 recovery, the continued unity of the United Kingdom is the key political issue across the British …
In the second episode of the current season of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a …
Scientists working in Blombos Cave in South Africa’s southern Cape region have made a discovery that changes our understanding of …
In the 1990s, a commonly held view was that South Africa had achieved a “miracle” because of its relatively peaceful …
The Pleistocene epoch, which started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago, was crucially important …
Twenty seven years into democracy, South African politics is still for the few. And those who complain the most …
The ocean floor is famously unexplored and is imaged in much less detail than the surfaces of Mars, the Moon …
Ever since the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidentally discovered over 70 years ago in a cave in Israel, they have …
– Lebogang Ditsebe
We as young people in South Africa need to realise that two key things stand out, from …
COVID-19 poses massive challenges nationally and globally when it comes to socio-economic inequality. It has hit the vaccine rollout especially …
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We look at how new discoveries are changing our understanding of what dinosaurs looked like and are helping to shed …
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Granada, in southern Spain’s Andalusia region, was the final remnant of Islamic Iberia known as al-Andalus – a territory that …
A middle-aged white man raises his sword to the skies and roars to the gods. The results of his genetic …
Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and …