The Sahara Desert, known for its vast, arid landscape and scorching temperatures, has long been a place of mystery. However, recent discoveries beneath its scorching sands have shocked the world. A ...

Over the past decades, scientists have gleaned details of the “green Sahara.” Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there.

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.

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.

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown human ancestor from over 7,000 years ago. The skeletons have sent shock waves across the scientific community – aft… ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren regions on Earth, extending across much of North Africa. ... Ancient human lineage thrived in Sahara’s once lush landscape.

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.

Oualata is one of a UNESCO-listed quartet of ancient, fortified towns or "ksour", which in their heyday were trading and religious centers and now hold jewels dating back to the Middle Ages.

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.