About every 21,000 years, the Sahara becomes a lush woodland. During the last period ending about 5,000 years ago, an ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated population.

Gazing at an image of the vast, yellow-brown Sahara Desert today, it is hard to imagine its lush and ... 1), and in archaeological sites showing that people fished, hunted and herded livestock ...

As people passed, the occasional voice would say, “Enjoy your visit.” It’s a hard country to visit ... a tiny town in the Sahara Desert. By the time we landed, late at night, we had covered ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

“Here in the desert ... people into the desert. In a May 9, 2018 photo provided by Liberian Ju Dennis, fellow migrants being expelled from Algeria lie in a truck headed towards the Niger border at ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...