Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind. That’s largely the ...

Observing its steady growth underscores the importance ... leading to an unexpected chill after basking in the desert sun.

Rare DNA found in the barrens of the Sahara reveals the ancestral lineage from North Africa with widespread pastoralism ...

region covers the enormous area extending from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan in Central Asia and from the Mediterranean littoral to the southern boundaries of ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren regions on Earth, extending across much of North Africa. It spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area roughly the size of China or the ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...