The latest genetic studies reveal that 7,000 years ago, the Sahara was home to a unique group of people. This community lived ...

People living in North Africa today can trace their ancestry back to a unique human population that lived in the Sahara at a ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

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 China or the ...

DNA revealed the two mummified women were from never-before-seen isolated populations living during the African Humid Period, when the now-inhospitable Sahara was a humid and lush savanna.

During the African Humid Period, also known as the Green Sahara, this region was inhabited by a human lineage that remained largely isolated, without a direct genetic relationship to populations from ...

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