A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

Between 5,000 and 14,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert looked nothing like it does today. It was lush and green, with 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 ...

The latest genetic studies reveal that 7,000 years ago, the Sahara was home to a unique group of people. This community lived ...

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

About 7,000 years ago, in the Sahara, two women were buried in a rock shelter in what is now southwestern Libya. At the time, ...

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

Following the last glacial period, the Sahara transformed into a savanna with trees, lakes, and rivers. Evidence from these ...

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

"This discovery reveals how pastoralism spread across the Green Sahara, likely through cultural exchange rather than large-scale migration." "The study highlights the importance of ancient DNA for ...

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.