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

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

Now one of the driest places on Earth, the Saharo-Arabian Desert may have been key to human migration history.

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...

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

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According to genomic analyses, the Takarkori rock shelter women came from a unique North African lineage that diverged from ...

Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early hominins a route out of ...

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

Though its effects are overwhelmingly negative for humans, a new study suggests it’s also partially responsible for making one desert greener and more habitable. As Live Science reports ...

the desert known for being one of the driest places on Earth actually had enough water to support a way of life. Back then, it was a savannah that early human populations settled in to take ...

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