Nestled within South Africa's mountains lies a 149-year-old tunnel, a historic gem waiting to be unearthed. Constructed in 1876, the Hex River Tunnel is thought to be the oldest railway tunnel ...

The ‘exceptional’ 13,000-year-old miniature likely helped Paleolithic humans understand their landscape. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips ...

When looking at a map, the continents of South America and Africa look like they sort of fit together like puzzle pieces. This geographic symmetry is because the continents, and most of the land ...

Libya also makes it to one of the oldest countries in Africa. This country, which has its capital in Tripoli, gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1951.

Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world. Share full article ...

Hidden in the mountains of South Africa, the 149-year-old abandoned tunnel is the oldest tunnel on the continent. By Jennifer Pinto, Audience writer. 15:00, Sun, Feb 2, 2025. Share Article.

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, ... Feb. 9, 2023 — Along the shores of Africa's Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, ...

Geological map of the Barberton Greenstone Belt. (Image credit: De Ronde (2021)) Lamb noticed the geology was similar to what he had seen along the eastern side of New Zealand in 20 million-year ...

The oldest dinosaur ever discovered in Africa is 230 million years old, paleontologists have found. The near-complete skeleton was unearthed over the course of two years by a team of ...

For decades, the oldest dinosaurs we had ever uncovered came from a restricted region in what is now South America. Some 230 million years ago, all of the world’s land masses were mashed ...

Liberia is the oldest country in Africa. It became independent after being established in 1822 as a settlement for freed slaves. Its capital, Monrovia, was named after U.S. President James Monroe.

Oldest Human Fossil Outside Africa Discovered. ... of modern humans made forays outside of Africa as far back as 120,000 years ago, based on the known fossils. (Explore a map of human migration.) ...