This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

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

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

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most ... unlike today's arid desert landscape," said archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, one ...

DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago ...

The skies over Europe recently took on a dramatic orange hue, leaving many residents staring in awe and sometimes confusion ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin secured $13.5 billion in Pentagon contracts, enhancing space missions. The Sahara Desert, once ...

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Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green ... Takarkori was a lush savannah with a nearby lake, unlike today's arid desert landscape," said archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause of the Max Planck Institute ...