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Breaking News! 300,000-Year-Old Remains Place Oldest Homo Sapiens in Morocco
... search in the area around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa for the origin of our species. A re-evaluation of ... search in the area around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa for the origin of our species. Phys.Org reports that ... heidelbergensis, or possibly Homo helmei ) from Florisbad, South Africa which has a suggested date of 259,000 years ago ...
Alicia McDermott - 07/06/2017 - 22:58
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Mansa Musa: The Richest Man in History
... his initial fortune from the gold and salt mines of West Africa. The Mali Empire was founded out of the remains of the ... under Musa I, the Mali Empire stretched across Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to Timbuktu , including parts ... its Role in Healing in a Modern World Prehistoric man in South Africa made milk-based paint tens of thousands of years ...
Kerry Sullivan - 07/01/2021 - 21:17
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Clay Wonders: The Handmade Figurines of Djenne-Djenno
... years ago. The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture The Legend of How Mansa Abu Bakr II ... was an ancient city located in what is now Mali, West Africa . It was one of the oldest known cities in sub-Saharan ... vibrant and colorful appearance. East African Invasions in South America: Tracing Cultural Clues Left by Early Travelers ...
Lex Leigh - 17/03/2023 - 13:53
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Remembering the Barbary Slaves: White Slaves and North African Pirates
... died on the ships during the long voyage back to North Africa due to disease or lack of food and water. Those who ... depicting a Barbary slave caught by pirates from North Africa. Source: Public Domain By Joanna Gillan Updated on ...
Joanna Gillan - 02/02/2021 - 16:51
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Va-Va-Vandal: The Life and Times of Gaiseric, the Vandal King of North Africa
... Gunderic unified the Vandals and Alani and conquered the south of Spain by 422. But Gunderic died during the sack of ... were ripe for conquest. In this case, that meant North Africa. Gaiseric and thousands of his men invaded, supposedly ... who wanted help against Rome. In 429, Gaiseric went to Africa with 80,000 men and started conquering lands for ...
Carly Silver - 10/09/2017 - 19:00
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DNA Study Finds Aboriginal Australians are Oldest Civilization in the World
... longest histories of continuous human occupation outside Africa. But who exactly were the first people to settle ... - Creation Myth 72'000 y.a.: A common race out of Africa It has often been hypothesized that the ancestors of modern Papuans and Australians must have left Africa far earlier than any other population if they were to ...
ancient-origins - 26/09/2016 - 00:55
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Cognitive Experiments Give a Glimpse into the Ancient Mind
... of cognitive scientists and archaeologists from Denmark, South Africa and Australia takes up the challenge. They used ... their potential. The engravings originate from the South African Middle Stone Age sites of Blombos Cave and ...
ancient-origins - 03/03/2020 - 23:01
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Mysterious Origins – What we don’t know about the emergence of humans
... it or why. Excavated from a Middle Stone Age cave in South Africa, the 77,000 year-old block of red ochre (left) has ... Making shell beads like these from the Blombos cave in South Africa is generally considered a sign of modern ...
Danny Vendramini - 27/10/2014 - 10:54
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New Study Proves How Desert Dust Deposits Created The Fertile Crescent
... East. This became the gateway for early humans leaving Africa and allowed them to enter Eurasia. Moreover, the ... thousand years ago, modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) left Africa and spread over Asia and Europe. It is accepted that ... [that] served as a critical gateway between northern Africa and Eurasia,” according to The Geological Society ...
Ed Whelan - 16/09/2020 - 21:41
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How the Chinese Compass Revolutionized Navigation
... of the state of Zheng always knew their position using a "south-pointer" . Some scholars suggest that this is a ... 80 AD (known as Lunheng ), it is written that "...when the south-pointing spoon is thrown upon the ground, it comes to ... known as the "Treasure Voyages," reaching as far as Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The compass was a vital ...
Aleksa Vučković - 23/07/2023 - 19:00
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Shocking Evidence Homo Naledi Used Fire 230,000 Years Ago
Ground-breaking new evidence has emerged from South Africa that suggests that Homo sapiens may not have been ... 2013. Ground-breaking new evidence has emerged from South Africa that suggests that Homo sapiens may not have ...
Sahir - 06/12/2022 - 17:40
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Scientists Understand Why there are Short-statured Indonesians Today, But Can they Explain Hobbit Height?
... pygmies and a European explorer. ( Public Domain ) Across Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, short-statured populations in the past were ...
ancient-origins - 05/08/2018 - 22:55
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Bunce Island and the Gate of No Return
... was an important symbol of British power in this part of Africa and was rebuilt several times after attacks by the ... colonies where many were eventually sold in Georgia and South Carolina. By the 1790s the island was one of the major ... that bear the coat of arms of King George III. To the south of the fort is a graveyard that has many headstones ...
Ed Whelan - 11/02/2020 - 01:53
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Sacred Powers Fade Along With the Rock Art of the San People at Ha Baroana
... art. There are examples of their art all over southern Africa, from Zimbabwe to the Republic of South Africa. The images were made by chipping rock away from the ...
Ed Whelan - 14/02/2019 - 02:11
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Eri: Mythical King and Founder of the Igbo
... origin story. Having lived throughout northwestern Africa for many years, the Igbo’s origins can be traced ... origin story. Having lived throughout northwestern Africa for many years, the Igbo’s origins can be traced ... had likely not moved outside of Nigeria or northwestern Africa during all this time. Beyond pottery, evidence of ...
Lex Leigh - 19/04/2022 - 18:58
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Omo Kibish Homo Sapiens Just Got Older!
The debate around human evolution and the Out-of-Africa theory has received a fresh update, this time from ... found The debate around human evolution and the Out-of-Africa theory has received a fresh update, this time from ... So Far About Where We Humans Come From Updates on Out of Africa – Revising the Story of the Dispersal of Modern ...
Sahir - 13/01/2022 - 17:55
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17,000-Year-Old Skulls Discovered On Migration ‘Highway To Oz’
... of Years of Human Movement and Genetic Adaptation in Africa Following the Footsteps of the Ancestors: The ... ideas about human migration”. The Mystery Of The First Africa-Australia Migrations The earliest known evidence of ... younger. The big question is whether modern humans left Africa once and radiated around the globe or if multiple ...
ashley cowie - 27/08/2019 - 14:04
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Scientists unravel how ancient hominids heard the world
... hearing – like most other primates who also live in Africa, including baboons – shows a loss in sensitivity ... at the sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans in South Africa, and likely date to around two million years ... of A. africanus individual. flowcomm , CC BY But these South African fossils have given us another hearing data ...
ancient-origins - 27/09/2015 - 03:21
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Are the Old Tombs of Kaole, Tanzania, Really Able To Heal?
Situated on the beautiful east coast of Africa, Tanzania is a fascinating country with a rich ... in the region. Situated on the beautiful east coast of Africa, Tanzania is a fascinating country with a rich culture ... Evolution in East Africa East African Invasions in South America: Tracing Cultural Clues and Artifacts Left by ...
Ed Whelan - 08/04/2019 - 01:51
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Queen Nzinga: A Courageous Ruler who Set Her People Free
... is today the country of Angola in the southern part of Africa) who lived during the 16th and 17th centuries AD. ... state at Matamba. An image depicting Portuguese people in Africa ( Public Domain ) From Matamba, Nzinga fought against ... of the Gods First known colonial building in sub-Saharan Africa, with dark history, revealed to the public The ...
dhwty - 26/03/2020 - 21:46