News

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 ...
ABP News on MSN1d
There Was Once A Green Sahara! Ancient DNA Reveals Lost North African Lineage
Sahara Desert teemed with life during African Humid Period. Scientists have reconstructed the genetic profile of a population ...
Devdiscourse5d
Discovering the Green Sahara's Mysterious Past
The Sahara Desert, now desolate, was once a lush savannah supporting a mysterious, isolated human lineage around 7,000 years ...
ZME Science on MSN1d
DNA From 7,000-Year-Old Mummies Reveals Lost Civilization From Sahara
About 7,000 years ago, in the Sahara, two women were buried in a rock shelter in what is now southwestern Libya. At the time, ...
Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies
Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...
Live Science on MSN5d
Unknown human lineage lived in 'Green Sahara' 7,000 years ago, ancient DNA reveals
Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...
Reuters6d
Sahara desert, once lush and green, was home to mysterious human lineage
April 4 (Reuters) - The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and ... This suggests they remained genetically isolated despite practicing animal husbandry - a cultural innovation that ...