A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Sahara Desert teemed with life during African Humid Period. Scientists have reconstructed the genetic profile of a population ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren regions on Earth, extending across much of North Africa. It spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area roughly the size of China or ...

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

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

challenging the idea of the Green Sahara as a migration corridor. Palm trees in green oasis in desert arid landscape between Agdz and Zagora towns in Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.

Geographical determinism, the theory that physical environments significantly influence social and political development, ...

"At the time, Takarkori was a lush savannah with a nearby lake, unlike today's arid desert landscape," said ... climate stage called the African Humid Period, the Sahara transformed into the ...