Ancient involvement in spice and incense trade ... As wealth grew in Yemen, so did its slavery trade networks with East Africa. Arabia's prehistoric population movements in Yemen have only been ...

The Homa Peninsula, in Kenya, is part of the East African Rift Valley ... including the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago.

The study also found possible evidence of migration into Africa from the Middle East. About 38% of the ancestry of a 3,100-year-old livestock herder from Tanzania was related to ancient farmers ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Ancient DNA dating to between 16,000–18,000 years ago—the oldest human DNA to be extracted in Africa so far—reveals that populations of ...