In ancient Carthage, (now in Tunisia) the civilization used to follow brutal rituals of sacrificing children. This claim was previously denied in various Greek and Roman accounts but a 2014 study ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers from Europe may have voyaged across ... These results represent the first clear genetic evidence of contact between early European and North African populations, indicating ...

The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

The Maghreb has long been absent from studies on the recent prehistory of the Mediterranean. The new findings change that.

These findings challenge the long-held narrative about migration into and out of North Africa before and during the Neolithic.

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... The route taken by traders of the Maghreb to Ghana would have started in North Africa in Tahert, sweeping down through Sijilimasa in Southern ...

although archaeological finds have hinted at cultural exchange between European and North African hunter-gatherers. Using ancient genomes, researchers have mapped the emergence of agriculture in ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers from Europe may have ... first clear genetic evidence of contact between early European and North African populations, indicating that Stone Age European hunter-gatherers ...