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The Ancient Tuareg: “Free Men” of the Sahara Desert
... largest hot desert, blankets extensive regions of North Africa, spanning a colossal 9.4 million square kilometers ... the Arabs began their conquest of the Maghreb (Northwest Africa) during the 7th century, the Tuareg began their ... wealth. By the 19th century, a new power came to North Africa – France. Initially, the French had no interest in ...
dhwty - 14/11/2023 - 13:58
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Ancient African Coins Found in Australia Pose Interesting Questions About the Nation’s History
... off the Indonesian island of Belitung - puzzlingly far south of known Arabic-Chinese trade routes and complete with ... of a mysterious skull of a European male in New South Wales dating back to the 1600s, shows that the Dutch ... The skull of a European male dating to 1600s found in New South Wales. Credit: Daniel Cummins But fighting over dates ...
aprilholloway - 26/07/2017 - 02:00
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Tristan da Cunha: Only 269 People Remain on World's Most Remote Inhabited Island
... in the southern Atlantic Ocean , between the continents of Africa and South America . The main island of the group is known also as ... da Cunha is located about halfway between Cape Town , South Africa and Buenos Aires , Argentina. The group consists ...
dhwty - 31/03/2019 - 14:07
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Tracking the Arrow Of Time: 70,000 Years Of Toxophily
... bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa,’ it was in this rock shelter that archaeologists ... 72,000–60,000 years ago. Oldest Arrow Flints In South Africa Sibudu Cave is located in a sandstone cliff in ...
ashley cowie - 29/06/2022 - 21:14
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New Study Claims Earliest Human Migrants Came to Europe in Three Waves
... wave of human settlers who completed the epic trek from Africa to Europe approximately 45,000 years ago. “Until ... said in a statement issued to the scientific press. From Africa, to the Levant, to Europe: Tracking Ancient Human ... Levant was a major entryway for the first humans who left Africa to explore far-off lands, meaning that people who ...
Nathan Falde - 04/05/2023 - 22:57
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Elephants to Electronics: The Ancient Phenomenon of Modern Globalization
... consumerism and global interconnectivity, linked Europe, Africa and Asia at least 5,000 years ago and was widespread ... ports and hubs linked the Indus Valley Civilization in South Asia with those of ancient Dilmun (current-day Bahrain) ... as far north and west as Spain and Britain and as far south and east as southern Arabia, sub-Saharan Africa and Sri ...
ancient-origins - 15/05/2020 - 01:59
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The Faces of Ancient Hominids Brought to Life in Remarkable Detail
... are the anthropological products of years of excavation in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In the last 8 million years, at ... an Australopithecus africanus, unearthed in Sterkfontein, South Africa in 1947. Although the sex of the fossil is not ... Remains have been found in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa. “Miquelon” – Homo heidelbergensis ...
aprilholloway - 20/03/2020 - 23:26
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The Zanj Rebellion, Revolt Of African Slaves Against The Abbasid Caliphate
... Dynasty in Morocco, and the Aghlabid Dynasty in northern Africa, and thus by the ninth century Abbasid jurisdiction ... after being stripped of many of their possessions in North Africa, Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan, the Abbasids ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 09/12/2022 - 17:30
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2 Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Had A Grip Just Like Us
Inhabiting what is now modern-day South Africa, an ancient human ancestor, Australopithecus sediba, ... a new study suggests. Inhabiting what is now modern-day South Africa, an ancient human ancestor, Australopithecus ...
ashley cowie - 21/05/2020 - 22:52
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15 Leaps Forward in Our Understanding of Human Evolution in 2023
... own right. Homo sapiens are thought to have evolved in Africa from at least 315,000 years ago. Neanderthal ... history of Homo sapiens . Read on… Human Arrival in South America Pushed Back to 25,000 Years Ago Human arrival ... supports pushing back the date for human arrival in South America to at least 25,000 years ago. The evidence? ...
ancient origins - 01/01/2024 - 16:55
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Elmina Castle and its Dark History of Enslavement, Torture, and Death
... – the largest, European building constructed in tropical Africa. Yet its grandeur, as well as its picturesque ... was the first European slave-trading post in sub-Saharan Africa. These fortified castles were built between 1482 and ... authored the book, Description of the Coast of North and South Guinea (1732), visited Elmina Castle in 1682 and gave ...
Bryan Hill - 23/07/2018 - 21:43
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Trance Rock Art of Nsangwini - Communing With the Spirits
... an ancient culture and they have been living in Southern Africa for millennia. In Swaziland, officially known as the ... an ancient culture and they have been living in Southern Africa for millennia. In Swaziland, officially known as the ... Masson, J. R. (1961). Rock-Paintings in Swaziland . The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 16(64), 128-133 ...
Ed Whelan - 22/02/2019 - 01:50
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Global Donkey Populations Decimated for Chinese Traditional Medicine
... threatening to collapse their numbers by half across Asia, Africa and South America unless governments intervene now. A British ... to collapse their numbers by half across Asia, Africa and South America unless governments intervene now. The Donkey ...
ashley cowie - 24/11/2019 - 22:59
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Volcanic Super-Eruption Didn’t Scare Away Humans 74,000 Years Ago
... has emerged on our species’ eastward dispersal out of Africa thanks to a study published in Nature ... has emerged on our species’ eastward dispersal out of Africa thanks to a study published in Nature Communications ... presence of Homo sapiens at the critical crossroads from Africa into Asia and Oceania based on a large collection of ...
Alicia McDermott - 25/02/2020 - 18:15
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The Theory of the Tunisian Atlantis - Beneath the Sands of Africa!
... as a large body of fresh water located somewhere in North Africa, and was mentioned in several ancient texts, mostly in ... Greek writers all placed that lake somewhere in modern-day south Tunisia. Herodotus tells us that the lake had two ... War , coming to prominence through his service in North Africa as a spy and a pilot. There, he became fascinated with ...
Aleksa Vučković - 30/11/2021 - 21:57
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Preserved Tissue on 2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor May be Oldest Skin Ever Found
... early human species in an ancient cave near Johannesburg, South Africa, have revealed that preserved tissue found on a ... Archaeologists to seek remains of new human species in South African Cave Could Cave Findings Unravel Mysteries of ...
aprilholloway - 09/05/2015 - 13:40
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Enigmatic Hominin Seemingly Buried Dead and Carved Symbols 100,000 Years Before Modern Humans
... created engravings deep within a cave system in southern Africa approximately 300,000 years ago. A groundbreaking ... a team of cavers exploring the Rising Star cave system in South Africa made an astounding discovery. Scattered across ... symbols , similar to early art found in other parts of South Africa. This raises the possibility that these ...
Gary Manners - 06/06/2023 - 14:47
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Pleistocene Epoch: Humans, Welcome to Earth
... flightless birds such as moas in New Zealand, rheas in South America, and ostriches in Africa and Asia that had to compete with large mammals. Giant ... evolved near the end of the Miocene epoch (25-5 Mya) in south and east Africa. Other than their upright posture and ...
Caleb Strom - 19/10/2018 - 23:02
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Mexico’s Haunted City of Thunder – El Tajin: Surprising Connections Between Cultures Worlds and Eras Apart
... of this type of structure in Mesoamerica. The North and South ballcourts are constructed of large flagstones, among ... , with Richard Cassaro Delicately carved panel from the South Ballcourt, depicting a human sacrifice. The style of ... traveled extensively across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, South-East Asia, North and South America and is an ...
Marco M. Vigato - 17/11/2017 - 13:57
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Ibn Battuta—The Marco Polo of Dar-al-Islam
... Battuta. During his travels, Ibn Battuta traveled all over Africa, eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, and China ... city of Mogadishu. From there, he continued to journey south and explored the coasts of modern-day Kenya and ... Empire: Friendly and Feuding Brothers Who Ruled the South of India The Chola Dynasty: Exploring the Achievements ...
Caleb Strom - 15/01/2019 - 17:23