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Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.

This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with rivers and lakes. It was also home to small human communities ...

the Sahara Desert looked nothing like it does today. It was lush and green, with lakes and rivers supporting a variety of animals—including humans. But who were these ancient ancestors?

the Green Sahara was recent enough to host early humans. Every 21,000 years, the Sahara experiences a wet, rainy period, turning it into a woodland. The last North African Humid Period occurred ...

Researchers analysed the first genomes from people who lived in what is called the “Green Sahara”. They obtained DNA from the bones of two females buried at a rock shelter called Takarkori in ...

The mummies are the remains of women who once lived in the "Green Sahara," also known as the African Humid Period. Between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, the now-inhospitable Sahara was a humid and ...

An archaeology breakthrough has been made after a previously unknown human lineage that lived in the "green Sahara" in Africa was discovered through two 7,000-year-old mummies. DNA revealed the ...

But the Green Sahara people carried only trace amounts of Neanderthal DNA, illustrating that they had scant contact with outside populations. Although the Takarkori population itself disappeared ...