The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Between 5,000 and 14,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert looked nothing like it does today. It was lush and green, with lakes ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 ... that this lush environment would have allowed humans living south of ...

Rare DNA found in the barrens of the Sahara reveals the ancestral lineage from North Africa with widespread pastoralism ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara ... North Africa from the hyperarid desert it is ...

Seven videos exploring the human and physical geography of the continent of Africa.

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 United ...

(Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ... Saharan populations to the south or Near Eastern and ...