Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

Reference map showing natural features cited, cities, and known routes connecting the Nile River, Foul Bay, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea throughout history. Credit: Dobson et al ...

Archaeologists have identified seven 115,000-year-old human footprints in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert, believed to be the oldest on the Arabian Peninsula. Preserved in a prehistoric lakebed alongside ...