The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...

This 1935 map of Africa is more than just a historical artifact—it’s a window into the past. As we unroll its fragile pages, we embark on a journey to understand Africa’s vast and varied ...

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the unique "geologic fingerprints" for most of the African continent.

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

Researchers mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across Sub-Saharan Africa. Matching values from the map against those observed in artifacts and plant, animal, and human remains will ...

To develop the new map, Oelze and her team combined previously available strontium isotope data for parts of south and east Africa with data from Angola that the core team had published in 2023 ...