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The drawing found on silcrete stone in Blombos Cave. Craig Foster Christopher Henshilwood, University of Bergen and Karen Loise van Niekerk, University of Bergen Scientists working in Blombos Cave in South Africa’s southern Cape region have made a discovery that...
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Representative stone tools (handaxes) recorded in the study area. Author Supplied Amanuel Beyin, University of Louisville; Ahmed Hamid Nassr., University of Ha’il, and Parth Randhir Chauhan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Africa is the...
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By about 320,000 years ago, humans in Kenya began using color pigments and manufacturing more sophisticated tools. Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Patrick Randolph-Quinney, University of Central Lancashire and Anthony Sinclair, University of Liverpool Just 20 years...
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The golden ratio, which has been a key tenet of modernist design, may have origins in Africa. tatadonets via Getty Images Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan Design remains a largely white profession, with Black people still vastly underrepresented – making up...
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Honey-alcohol fermentation experiment with chopped “moerwortel” plant additive, Glia prolifera. Neil Rusch Neil Rusch, University of the Witwatersrand Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. But where was the first alcoholic beverage...
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It has been called “the single most astonishing fact of human geography” – East African islands the Comoros and Madagascar have both African and Asian influences. www.shutterstock.com François-Xavier Ricaut, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and Nicolas...