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Homo Erectus Loved Collecting Spherical Volcanic Rocks For Some Unknown Reason

IFL Science 07 Feb 2025
Similar finds have been made at Melka Kunture, an archaeological site in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia where ancient hominids lived for millions of years prior to our migration out of Africa.
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Hercules’ Partial African Heritage Revealed in Groundbreaking Research for Black History Month

GetNews 07 Feb 2025
Ancient Greek Sources Highlight the Legendary Hero’s African Lineage ... This revelation invites a reexamination of the interconnectedness between ancient Greek civilization and Africa.
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Four Stories About Coffee That Made Greek History

Greek Reporter 06 Feb 2025
Coffee was incredibly important in ancient times, as it still is today. Credit ... Coffee began being commonplace in Eastern Africa around the ninth century ... It was known by Ancient Greeks, and Homer mentions coffee in his writing ... the Frapp� ... ....
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Black history starts with Africa's truth - a place of study, innovation, wealth | Opinion

GoErie 03 Feb 2025
This journey begins in Africa, a continent made up of 54 countries mostly occupied by the indigenous people of dark-skinned hue ... For example, ancient Egypt in Africa is referred to as Kemet — where we get the name "chemistry."
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Reverberations of a song and dance: Narratives from “the mouth that eats salt and pepper”

B & FT Online 02 Feb 2025
... blending it with a most dazzling set and delightful detailing of costumes and choreography, Moomen with his men and women, were able to bring the ancient story from West Africa’s history to life.
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Centuries-old Algerian indigenous tradition champions sharing

Gulf-Times 02 Feb 2025
They have long fought for recognition for their ancient culture and language in modern states across North Africa.Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab North Africans, whose historic homelands stretched ...
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Do Humans Originate from Africa? Skull Found in Cave in Greece Challenges Theory

Greek Reporter 01 Feb 2025
The human skull found in the Petralona Cave in Northern Greece challenges the Out of Africa theory of the origin of Homo sapiens ... Poulianos’ findings, arguing that the skull was only 50,000 years old and was the first human to have come from Africa.
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Centuries-old Berber tradition cherishes sharing

Dawn 01 Feb 2025
BJAA ... The minority community of Berbers refer to themselves as the Amazigh, meaning “free people”. They have long fought for recognition for their ancient culture and language in modern states across North Africa ... Published in Dawn, February 1st, 2025. .
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Two buried 'supercontinents' hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought

RNZ 01 Feb 2025
Among the enigmatic mantle lumps are two enormous "supercontinents" buried thousands of kilometres below the crust amid the remains of ancient tectonic plates. One supercontinent lies under Africa, and the other resides deep under the Pacific Ocean.
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Subterranean ‘supercontinents’ reveal intriguing new clues to what’s happening beneath Earth’s surface

CNN 31 Jan 2025
Among the enigmatic mantle lumps are two enormous “supercontinents” buried thousands of kilometers below the crust amid the remains of ancient tectonic plates. One supercontinent lies under Africa, and the other resides deep under the Pacific Ocean.
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10 deadly prehistoric snakes from ocean predators to dinosaur hunters

The Times of India 29 Jan 2025
These ancient serpents were not only predators but true monsters ruling over the lands and the seas ... Fossils of Palaeophis have been discovered in Europe, Africa, and North America, indicating a widespread distribution in ancient seas.
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We may finally know where dinosaurs came from

BGR 27 Jan 2025
Fossils unearthed in Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe have helped us paint a picture of the early days of their ancient world ... techniques to reconstruct ancient geography and evolutionary timelines.
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The Strange Things Alexander the Great Brought to Europe from Asia

Greek Reporter 26 Jan 2025
From India it travelled to the Middle East, where it acquired its current name from the Arabic banan, or finger, and from there Arab traders took it to Africa, where the Portuguese transported it to the Caribbean and Latin America.”.
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Lima Public Library Book Reviews

Lima Ohio 25 Jan 2025
In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa’s spectacular history – from the very origins of our species, through ancient civilizations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and ...
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Archaeologists find world’s oldest multi-component hunting poison in 7,000-year-old bone

Interesting Engineering 25 Jan 2025
In a new paper, the rare and significant artifact from the painted rock shelter in Kruger Cave in South Africa possessed a much more exciting feature than just the ancient blades.

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