Reference map showing natural features cited, cities, and known routes connecting the Nile River, Foul Bay, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea throughout history. Credit: Dobson et al ...

Caribou move along barren ground in northern Canada. The Bathurst caribou population has declined from 400,000 to less than 4,000 over the last 30 years, according to new surveys by the government of ...

The original evolution of hominins (modern humans and their evolutionary ancestors since the split with other great apes) took place in Africa about 7 million years ago, based on the fossil record.

Research fellow, Department of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand; Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University ...

Early humans named Homo erectus reached East Asia 600,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping the timeline of hominin ...