The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

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 ...

The Sahara desert is extremely hot during the ... the distance because there aren't many plants. The plants that do live in deserts have adaptations to survive in the hot and dry climate.

Picture the Sahara ... desert was an altogether different place: a verdant world of trees and rivers and home to megafauna such as hippos and elephants. Over the past decades, scientists have ...

April 4 (Reuters) - The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and ... an area comparable to China or the United States. But it has not always been so inhospitable. During a period from about ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...