DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

Discover how genetic data supports archeological evidence that some hunter-gatherers who originated in Europe ‘held out’ on ...

The discovery shines further light on the pivotal role played by the Maghreb in shaping societies along Africa's ...

Outside of Europe, Egypt was known for its complex societies in the same time period, but the western coast of the ...

Researchers have uncovered the first Bronze Age settlement in Maghreb dating back to as early as 2200 BC, predating the ...

The holy month of Ramadan has a unique cultural flavour in Egypt, and among its special traditions is the firing of the ...

Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...

Some studies proposed that North African communities actively resisted agriculture, except perhaps in the Nile Delta and the western Maghreb (modern-day Morocco). They continued to rely on land ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.