A broad nose, pronounced brow ridges and a face that already resembles ours. Researchers have reconstructed the appearance of a Homo sapiens from fossils found at Jbel Irhoud, Morocco, dating back around 315,000 years.
A study published by Cambridge reveals how the droughts, famines and epidemics of the 17th century drove Moroccan scholars to leave the major cities. This shift is believed to have durably strengthened rural culture and literature in the Amazigh language.
Moroccan researchers have catalogued 42 remarkable geological sites between Boulemane and Missour. Dinosaur fossils, desert landscapes and exceptional formations make up this still-underappreciated heritage, already exposed to looting, degradation and a lack of protection.
French customs intensify their fight against cultural goods trafficking . Among numerous recent interceptions, dozens of fossils and minerals from clandestine excavations in Morocco were discovered in a traveler’s van.
Researchers have uncovered the remains of a previously unknown species of herbivorous dinosaur in Tendrara. This major paleontological discovery confirms that eastern Morocco was home to these massive creatures more than 100 million years ago.
Twelve new burials dating from the Nasrid period have been excavated in Estepona, southern Spain. These remains, uncovered during urban works, confirm the extent of the necropolises of the former city of Istibbuna between the 13th and 15th centuries.
A major genetic study has redrawn North Africa’s family tree. The analysis of 7,000-year-old mummies discovered in Libya establishes a direct kinship link with prehistoric populations from Morocco, confirming the existence of a shared and distinct ancestral lineage in the region.
A missing piece of the puzzle of human evolution has just been found in Morocco. A team of researchers has discovered hominid fossils dating back about 773,000 years in a quarry in Casablanca. Published this Wednesday in the journal Nature, this finding provides crucial clues about the common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.
A page of history resurfaces from the depths of the Atlantic. Researchers have located the wreck of the French submarine Méduse, sunk off the Moroccan coast in November 1942. A major discovery that sheds new light on the remains of World War II in the waters of the Kingdom.
A church in Mohammédia housed an invaluable secret unknown to all. A rare fresco by the Mexican master Ángel Zárraga has been found by chance, but this treasure is now at risk of disappearing due to the lack of a political agreement for its restoration.
The customs officers in Sète have seized a real archaeological treasure of contraband. During the inspection of a ferry from Morocco last Thursday, the agents intercepted around sixty rare fossils and protected species , hidden in a van to supply a lucrative trafficking.
Remains of Spicomellus, the oldest ankylosaur in the world, have been discovered by a team of paleontologists near Boulemane in Morocco.