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

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

Of the few space rocks that fall to Earth, most end up in the ocean. The rest mostly go unnoticed, blending in with other stones. But in the Mauritanian desert, herders have learned what to look for: ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

Ancient genomes from Libya’s Takarkori shelter have provided new insights into the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

DNA explains the enigma of the culture that painted swimmers and hippos in the middle of the desert thousands of years ago ...

Hailstorms can occur in the Sahara Desert due to sudden atmospheric changes. These rare phenomena create striking images over ...

Contact her at [email protected] The Sahara desert, once lush and green ... individuals excavated from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya. The humans lived during ...

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 ...

Later aridification turned this region into the world's largest desert ... Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome View of the Takarkori rock shelter in Southern Libya.