In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made ...
A collection of medieval manuscripts from Timbuktu that academics hail as proof of an African scholarly tradition go on public show on the continent for the first time on Friday. Timbuktu in Mali, ...
DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...
Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...
Critiqued by Risham Majeed in Art bulletin (New York) 103 (1) March 2021, pages 140-146; reviewed by Ingrid Greenfield in African arts (Los Angeles) 53 (3) autumn 2020, pages 91-93 (N1.A258). AFA copy ...
Who were the people of the medieval Swahili civilization? Ancient DNA reveals African founders intermingled with migrants from southwest Asia around 1000 CE Findings complicate scientific views as ...
Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...
Office: Blair 211 Email: [[jwpope]] Regional Areas of Research: Ancient to Modern Africa, Middle East and Indian Ocean Thematic Areas of Research: African American, Comparative and Transnational, ...