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Sahara desert, once lush and green, was home to mysterious human lineage
The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...
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Green Sahara Ancient DNA Reveals Isolated North African Lineage
Ancient genomes from Libya’s Takarkori shelter have provided new insights into the genetic history of the Green Sahara.
Sahara desert, once lush and green, was home to mysterious human lineage, study says
Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya.
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7,000-Year-Old Skeletons From the ‘Green Sahara’ Reveal a Mysterious Human Lineage
Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...
7000 Years Old Genome Analysis Unveiled Lush Green Habitat of Sahara Desert
Rare DNA found in the barrens of the Sahara reveals the ancestral lineage from North Africa with widespread pastoralism ...
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Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago
DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago ...
Scientists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans
Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...
The Sahara Hid a Message Older Than the Written Word
On the eastern edge of the Sahara Desert, researchers found a mysterious stone circle. It’s kind of like Africa’s version of ...
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Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past
Gazing at an image of the vast, yellow-brown Sahara Desert today, it is hard to imagine its lush and fertile past. But between 11,000 and 5,000 years ago, during the peak of the African Humid ...