Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly 50,000 years ago. Then, somehow, they remained genetically isolated for tens ...

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

Located in Egypt 's Western Desert, Siwa Oasis is famous for its rich history and cultural significance. Home to ancient ...

A layer of sand skims Morocco's Draa Valley as the scorching winds carry it over the Sahara Desert's amber dunes ... Encased in the verdant oasis, the caravan town of Zagora sits separated ...

What do you picture when you think of the Sahara? A vast expanse of towering sand dunes? The occasional oasis, perhaps ... of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all.

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

Aridification, when a region becomes gradually and increasingly drier, turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that the North ...

April 4 (Reuters) - The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to ...