New human species identified from Kenya fossils. 8 August 2012Last updated at 13:06 ET By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News A new species of human: One of several co-existing in Africa two million years ago Researchers studying fossils from northern Kenya have identified a new species of human that lived two million years ago.
Looted Afghan artefacts returned to Kabul. 5 August 2012Last updated at 03:22 ET Many of the precious objects were looted during the country's civil war Hundreds of archaeological artefacts looted from Afghanistan have been handed over to the country's national museum during a ceremony in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Many of the 843 pieces were stolen during Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s and ended up on the black market. Some of the items, which include stone statues of Buddha and intricate ivory carvings, are up to 4,000 years old. Lemurs sliding towards extinction.