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Sahara desert, once lush and green, was home to mysterious human lineage, study says
Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...
Sahara Desert in Africa was once full of trees, had rivers, but became desert due to…
W henever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme dryness. But do you know that the desert was not always this arid and ...
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10 Remarkable Facts About the Sahara Desert
Such transformation challenges our perception ... leading to an unexpected chill after basking in the desert sun. For life in ...
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Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on the Sahara Desert’s greener past
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of ...
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First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated ...