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Updated December 23, 2024

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The first skull fossil from Jebel Irhoud, found by a miner in the early 1960s, was initially thought to belong to a Neanderthal.

Where Did Humans Evolve? (Probably Not Where You’re Thinking)

For decades, East Africa was considered the birthplace of our species. Fossils from Morocco suggest otherwise.
by Gemma Tarlach
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of The Little Prince, stands in front of a plane in 1929.

The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.
by Cat Rainsford

Podcast: Tangier American Legation Museum

In North Africa, the first American-owned property on foreign soil.
by The Podcast Team

Podcast: The Belt and the Berm, Part 1

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
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The ifrit is the most meddlesome and sinister of the djinn.

Across the Islamic World, the Ifrit Brings Miseries Both Large and Small

To believe in them and other djinns is to acknowledge there is a world beyond our own.
by Harry Spitzer
This is what a piece of the Moon looks like after 1,000 years on Earth.

For Sale: A Slice of Stunning, Anomalous Moon Rock Meteorite

It waited 1,000 years in the desert, just for you.
by Matthew Taub
Olive and banana trees stand tall over broad bean fields.

The Moroccan Food Forest That Inspired an Agricultural Revolution

These ancient forest gardens may be more relevant than ever.
by Eric J. Wallace
The first, almost complete, adult mandible discovered at Jebel Irhoud.

The Oldest Known Homo Sapiens Fossils Now Come From North Africa

New finds are rewriting the story of our species.
by Sarah Laskow

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