Africa has the world's oldest record of human technological achievement: the oldest stone tools in the world have been found in eastern Africa, and later evidence for tool production by our hominin ancestors has … 查看更多內容

The Great Rift Valley of Africa provides critical evidence for the evolution of early hominins. The earliest tools in the world can be found there as well:
• An unidentified hominin, possibly Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops 查看更多內容

According to Paul Gerdes, the development of geometrical thinking started early in African history, as early humans learned to "geometricize” in the context of their labor activities. For example, the hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert … 查看更多內容

Traditional african plants such as Ouabain, capsicum, yohimbine, ginger, white squill, african kino, African copaiba, African myrrh, Buchu, physostigmine, and Kola nut, have been adopted and continue to be used by Western doctors.
West Africa and … 查看更多內容

Northern Africa and the Nile Valley
In 295 BC, the Library of Alexandria was founded in Egypt. It was considered the largest library in the classical world.
Al-Azhar University 查看更多內容

Three types of calendars can be found in Africa: lunar, solar, and stellar. Most African calendars are a combination of the three. African calendars include the Akan calendar 查看更多內容

Most of Africa moved from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The Iron Age and Bronze Age occurred simultaneously. North Africa and the Nile Valley … 查看更多內容