"A waistbead is an ancient African technology; all at once adornment, a waist and weight management tool, an ancient scale and a mindfulness tool," chief designer atAlaiyo Waistbead, Jasai Madden ...

The finding provides evidence that this ancient technology did not spread across the world solely as a result of humanity's exodus from Africa, researchers say.

These ancient genetic fragments set them apart from other groups and add to the mystery surrounding their origin. But even this mixing doesn’t require an early out-of-Africa explanation.

Discoveries of technological innovation and skill in ancient African societies have challenged western theories that had no place for such evidence.

Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over time.

Using genetic evidence from Eurasian ancient genomes and present-day populations, the researchers determined that the migrant ancestors of the Ari were closely related to early farmers who moved ...

The continent is the cradle of humankind, so this ancient technology may very likely have originated in Africa as cavemen started collecting and storing food.