An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a ...

Ancient North African genomes rewrite Sahara’s genetic history. According to Ringbauer, a long-standing hypothesis has suggested that the Pastoralists of the Green Sahara originated from sub-Saharan ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago.

Ancient DNA Reveals Human Lineage of Green Sahara ... 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a ... 10 times less than people living outside of Africa ...

“This discovery reveals how pastoralism spread across the green Sahara, likely through cultural exchange rather than large-scale migration.” Dr Savino di Lernia, the study’s senior author, adds, “the ...

The Sahara Desert, known today for its vast, arid landscapes, was once a fertile region teeming with life. A recent study analyzing stalagmites from caves in southern Morocco has revealed that ...

Read the paper: Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage Peoples of the green Sahara were among Africa’s first pastoralists — people who live from the milk ...

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An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a ...

To the point. DNA analysis from two naturally mummified individuals from Libya: More than 7,000 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period (Green Sahara), a long isolated human lineage ...