Africa Is Slowly Splitting Apart—And We Just Found Out How Soon!

Deep underground in East Africa, the ground is getting thinner and thinner, like a piece of taffy being stretched. Scientists discovered that the continent is actually breaking apart piece by piece, and in millions of years, a whole new ocean could form right there! The same forces pulling Africa apart might also be why so many ancient human fossils are found in this exact spot—nature's way of keeping Earth's greatest secrets safe.