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Ancient History: The Beginning of Humanity’s Written Memory
Ancient history marks the moment when humanity began to record its own story — not only through artifacts and ruins, but through written words. It begins with the invention of writing and extends roughly to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476.However, this timeline is not universal. In Mesopotamia and Egypt, “ancient”…
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A Previously Unknown Human Lineage Discovered in North Africa
A recent study by a research team, including senior author Johannes Krause and first author Nada Salem from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has identified a previously unknown human lineage in North Africa, specifically in the Central Sahara, dating back more than 7,000 years. This research provides critical insights into the genetic continuity…