Research reveals longstanding cultural continuity at Bargny, the oldest occupied site in West Africa, with Middle Stone Age toolkits persisting until around 10 thousand years ago
Germany was the principle source of brass for production of pre-18th Century manillas and, ultimately, the Benin Bronzes
A new study answers questions about the origins of the people who introduced food production–first herding and then farming–into East Africa
A new study found that the genomics of yams supports West Africa (the Niger River Basin) as a major cradle of crop domestication
