A major new study has revealed that a group of people in southern Africa lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations ...

Associate Professor Zarina Patel, a leading scholar in urban sustainability and environmental governance at the University of ...

Associate Professor Zarina Patel, a leading scholar in urban sustainability and environmental governance at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been elected to the Academy of Science of South ...

The Shirur range of the Junnar Forest Division has seen a sharp rise in human–leopard conflict in recent weeks with three ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

A new ancient DNA study argues that the familiar house cat is a relative latecomer, carried from North Africa into Europe ...

She also calls on tech companies to rethink their engagement with African users, urging them to “treat African users as equal citizens of the internet, not as an afterthought,” and to improve ...

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...

How is it that in the 21st century, despite unprecedented advances in technology, globalisation and education reforms, nine ...

There are over 190 countries in the world, and each has a unique system of governance. While democracy remains the most ...

South African photographer Shem Compion has spent more than 20 years documenting the extreme geography and diverse inhabitants of the Great Rift Valley.