South Africa’s initial claim to be humanity’s home goes back almost a hundred years. In 1924, anatomist Raymond Dart found a skull of a juvenile primate among a box of fossil-bearing rocks sent to him ...

One of the most famous hominin fossils may not be as familiar as we thought. The specimen, affectionately dubbed "Little Foot", could represent an entirely new species. Discovered in Sterkfontein cave ...

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We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope ...

The legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca led his forces against the vast armies of Rome. Renowned for his audacious crossing of the Alps, he secured decisive victories, most notably the ...

Natalie Zemon Davis is best known for her book The Return of Martin Guerre, a study of identity and dissimulation in the late medieval world which was turned into a successful film. Trickster Travels ...

Saint Paul’s Column is a historically significant landmark situated in the Cypriot city of Paphos. According to local accounts, this was the place where Paul the Apostle was tortured when he first ...

xi, 169 pages 21 cm James Africanus Beale Horton was a remarkable figure on the West African scene of the last century. This is a full-length biography of the talented and versatile man-physician, ...