An old South African skull and an ancient settlement along the Don River in Russia lend crucial support to the idea that modern humans spread from Africa across Eurasia only 50,000 years ago.

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The early hominid Paranthropus robustus might not be as specialized an eater as researchers thought. Using a new laser technique, anthropologists peered into the teeth of these hominids to discover that the primate actually ate a variety of foods.

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Sunday January 22, 2006, The Observer

For a growing number of Afrikaners, the new South Africa is an alien world of squatters' camps and begging bowls. Photojournalist Simon Wood meets the people who lost most when Mandela won.It is a Thursday afternoon at a busy intersection in Johannesburg's Bryanston district. The traffic robot turns green and ( Read more... )

South Africa's highest court has ruled in favour of same-sex marriages, which are banned under current legislation.The Constitutional Court ordered that parliament amend marriage laws to allow gay weddings within a year ( Read more... )