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

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

Philippe Dudouit Sun-scorched and wind-scoured, the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna. Though dozens of tribes ...

This significant discovery has illuminated the Sahara Desert in our quest to find our human origins. An interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute, the University of Florence ...

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 ...