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'Little Foot' human ancestor goes on display
Dec 8, 2017For the first time ever, South Africa's oldest known hominid skeleton has been unveiled to the public.
'Mega-carnivore' dinosaur found in Africa
Oct 26, 2017An enormous meat-eating dinosaur measuring up to 30ft in length once roamed what is now Southern Africa.
9.7 million-year-old hominin teeth discovered
Oct 20, 2017The surprising find has the potential to completely rewrite everything we know of early human history.
Europe, not Africa, was birthplace of mankind
May 23, 2017A remarkable new palaeontological discovery in Europe could rewrite the history of human evolution.
New haul of early human skeletons revealed
May 9, 2017Researchers have unveiled details of their latest findings at an important cave site in South Africa.
Africa's T. rex was one of the last dinosaurs
May 4, 2017An extremely rare fossil belonging to an ancient predatory dinosaur has been found in a mine in Morocco.
Prehistoric footprints unearthed in Tanzania
Dec 14, 2016Several sets of footprints left by an ancient human ancestor have been found at the site of a new museum.
Cobra takes up residence in apartment toilet
VIDEO Dec 1, 2016An enormous venomous snake has been managing to evade capture in an apartment complex in South Africa.
Proteins found in prehistoric ostrich eggs
Sep 28, 2016Scientists have discovered the world's oldest genetic information within 3.8 million-year-old eggshells.
Cancer evidence dates back 1.7 million years
VIDEO Sep 19, 2016Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
1920s plan sought to drain the Mediterranean
Sep 18, 2016A prominent German architect once proposed joining Africa and Europe by draining the Mediterranean Sea.
500-year-old shipwreck found in the desert
Jun 8, 2016Diamond miners have found a shipwreck laden with gold after draining a lagoon on Africa’s Skeleton Coast.
Highly prized buffalo is worth $12 million
Apr 24, 2016A genetically perfect buffalo named Horizon is the most sought-after member of his species on the planet.
Green 'wormhole UFO' spotted over Cape Town
Nov 30, 2015A strange green light was photographed over South Africa by numerous witnesses during the weekend.
1,111-carat diamond unearthed in Botswana
Nov 19, 2015A monstrous diamond, the second largest ever discovered, has been dug up at a mine in Africa.
86-year-old woman climbs Mount Kilimanjaro
Nov 9, 2015In a remarkable feat of old-age endurance, the pensioner reached the summit of Africa's tallest mountain.
Florida invaded by giant African land snails
Jul 31, 2015Authorities in Florida have been attempting to curb the recent influx of the world's largest gastropod.
Spinosaurus hunted its prey from the water
Sep 12, 2014The meat-eating behemoth is believed to have stalked the prehistoric waterways of North Africa.
Elephants have world's best sense of smell
Jul 23, 2014African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
'Super bananas' could save millions of lives
Jun 18, 2014A new genetically engineered type of banana could help to solve vitamin A deficiency across Africa.
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