Some of the morphological characteristics of the human hand are different from that of other primates enabling us to grab objects with precision and use them exerting a force. Yet, how did our early ...

George Africanus was brought to England in slavery aged three, and went on to become Nottingham's first black entrepreneur. In 2003, after painstaking research, local historians were able to uncover ...

Humans’ distant ancestor Australopithecus africanus had a unique approach to raising their young, as shown in our new research published today in Nature. Geochemical analysis of four teeth shows they ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During his brief lifetime, Edward C. Africanus was widely considered the most talented minister in the New York ...

A new study has discovered the breastfeeding patterns of one our earliest evolutionary ancestors for the first time, making way for new theories of human evolution. Scientists have discovered maternal ...

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He was brought to England in slavery aged three, and went on to become Nottingham's first black entrepreneur. Now, after painstaking research, local historians have been able to uncover George ...

The “Dracula” dinosaur, a creature discovered 50 years ago, is making headlines today because of the light it may shed on the evolution of other dinosaurs. The 200-million-year-old Pegomastax ...

An 18th Century slave who became one of the UK's first black entrepreneurs is being commemorated with a blue plaque. The plaque honouring George Africanus, who died in 1834, will be erected on the ...