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

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

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

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

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

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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

According to genomic analyses, the Takarkori rock shelter women came from a unique North African lineage that diverged from ...

Their lineage remained isolated throughout most of its existence before the Sahara again became uninhabitable. At the end of ...