Analysis - Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer ...

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

While we know that humans first originated in Africa some 300,000 years ago before dispersing across the globe, it is unclear exactly how the environments in which our distant relatives lived ...

Scientists have long believed that hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans first learned to thrive in East African grasslands before spreading out and adapting to new environments. But a new ...

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often ... with baboons acting as stand-ins for humans. People expand their settlements into areas where ...

Masai lions, despite being tolerant, are threatened due to poaching and habitat loss as human lands ... Cape lion was a subspecies that occupied the southern parts of Africa, i.e., South Africa.

Giraffes face mounting threats from habitat loss and fragmentation: Growing human populations ... were once found widely across Africa in many different regions and ecosystems. Most scientists agree ...

The southern white rhino and northern white rhino are subspecies of the white rhino. Aside from living in different parts of Africa ... so rare and taboo. Human development and habitat loss ...