Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly came to an end. Then new African kingdoms grew up to take their place. However, some kingdoms were taken over ...

The African wildcat is more than just a fierce predator—it’s the ancestor of all domestic cats. Thousands of years ago, these elusive felines began living alongside humans, forging a bond that ...