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Meta AI Expands to the Middle East and Africa with Arabic Language Support

Meta has officially launched Meta AI in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), making its AI-powered chatbot accessible to millions more users. Following its October announcement of expansion into six additional markets, including Brazil and the U.K., Meta had hinted at a gradual rollout to other regions, including MENA. Now, Meta AI is available […]

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Supervolcano Eruption Sheds Light on Human Migration from Africa

Contrary to previous assumptions regarding the migration of modern humans out of Africa, it is suggested that some movement may have been prompted not by ‘green corridors,’ but by hardship or deprivation. A recent analysis involving volcanic glass discovered in Ethiopia suggests that humans inhabited regions experiencing potential drought conditions in the Horn of Africa

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DNA From Child Burials Shows ‘Exceptionally Different’ Human Landscape in Ancient Africa

Children’s skeletons give genomes more than 3000 years old Central Africa is far too hot and humid for ancient DNA to survive– or so scientists assumed. Currently, the bones of four children buried thousands of years earlier in a rock shelter in the grasslands of Cameroon have given enough DNA for scientists to examine. It

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