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Firm is selling gin infused with elephant dung
11-13-2019 |
11
A South African gin known as Indlovu is made by combining regular ingredients with elephant excrement.
Oldest human skull found outside Africa
7-11-2019 | 5
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of modern humans outside of the African continent.
Egypt's exotic canary yellow glass identified
5-16-2019 | 3
Scientists have finally determined the origins of a mysterious yellow glass found in the African desert.
Mystery surrounds death of 'resurrected' man
4-14-2019 | 7
The man at the center of a hoaxed 'resurrection' in South Africa has since died under suspicious circumstances.
South African 'resurrection' hoax goes viral
VIDEO 2-27-2019 | 8
A pastor who 'resurrected' a man at a funeral recently is now at the center of a viral Internet phenomenon.
Lost city discovered in Africa using LIDAR
2-2-2019 | 15
Researchers have uncovered the site of a 15th-century city which was once home to over 10,000 people.
Frog travels 8,000 miles in woman's suitcase
1-22-2019 | 3
One holidaymaker got more than she bargained for recently after returning from a trip to South Africa.
Malapa skeletons are the same hominin species
1-20-2019 | 0
Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
Ancient tools discovery could rewrite history
12-1-2018 | 9
The discovery of stone tools in Algeria has cast doubt on the notion that east Africa was the 'cradle of humankind'.
New species of crocodile discovered in Africa
10-26-2018 | 14
Researchers from Florida International University have identified the first new species of crocodile in 85 years.
Meteorite found in Africa is older than the Earth
8-7-2018 | 14
Scientists have been studying a meteorite that dates back to a time before the birth of our solar system.
'Dead' woman is found alive in morgue fridge
7-3-2018 | 14
Staff at a mortuary in South Africa were stunned to discover that one of the bodies was very much alive.
Mystery as Africa's oldest trees suddenly die
6-12-2018 | 13
Several of the trees, which date back thousands of years, have abruptly died off within the last decade.
Was ancient 'hashtag' the first human symbol?
4-25-2018 | 9
Hashtag-like etchings found on a rock in South Africa's Blombos Cave are thought to be over 100,000 years old.
Crack suggests that Africa is splitting in two
VIDEO 4-1-2018 | 11
A huge crack that opened up in Kenya recently has indicated the beginnings of a new continental split.
Giant prehistoric lion was as tall as a man
3-26-2018 | 15
Fossil hunters have discovered the skull of a huge prehistoric lion that roamed Africa 200,000 years ago.
Oldest human fossil outside Africa discovered
VIDEO 1-26-2018 | 0
A prehistoric jawbone unearthed in Israel's Misliya Cave is believed to date back up to 200,000 years.
'Little Foot' human ancestor goes on display
12-8-2017 | 5
For the first time ever, South Africa's oldest known hominid skeleton has been unveiled to the public.
'Mega-carnivore' dinosaur found in Africa
10-26-2017 | 2
An enormous meat-eating dinosaur measuring up to 30ft in length once roamed what is now Southern Africa.
Europe, not Africa, was birthplace of mankind
5-23-2017 | 24
A remarkable new palaeontological discovery in Europe could rewrite the history of human evolution.
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