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Fossil teeth

Humans

A skull suggests humans have been getting piercings for 12,000 years

The teeth of a man who lived in prehistoric Africa are worn in a way that suggests he had three facial piercings, the second oldest such find in the world

News

What’s it like to be a rabbit?

Video

What’s it like to be a rabbit?

Video

archaeological excavation

Humans

Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire that rivalled Rome

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lions

Life

African lions have started climbing trees to escape buffaloes

Regulars

A man on the remains of a bridge in Zimbabwe

Environment

Images show the devastation of Cyclone Idai

Regulars

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

Life

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

News

Serengeti

Humans

Humans have shaped the Serengeti's ecosystems since the Stone Age

News

Ebola outbreak has killed 75 in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Health

Ebola outbreak has killed 75 in the Democratic Republic of Congo

News

The Next Einstein Forum has launched Scientific African, an open access multi-disciplinary journal

Humans

New mega-journal will raise the profile of African science

Comment

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

Earth

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting

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Earth

Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

News

Humans

Ancient finger bone may reveal humanity's path out of Africa

News

Health

Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

Culture

Technology

People without electricity could end up living the energy dream

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