Rare DNA found in the barrens of the Sahara reveals the ancestral lineage from North Africa with widespread pastoralism ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

Sarah Ndagire is the founder of nonprofit Afriwell Hub. Contributed Sarah Ndagire has lived in several places around the ...

The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group ... This shows populations moved between the Sahel and the Maghreb ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

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

Charlie Parish, 36, from Harrogate, began the 252km (155 mile) Marathon des Sables through the Sahara Desert in Morocco this ... it's extremely important that people are aware of how they can ...

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The Takarkori rock shelter, an archaeological site in Libya’s Tadrart Acacus mountains, offers a glimpse into the Sahara Desert's greener past. - Archaeological Mission in the Sahara/Sapienza ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren ... it was home to a mysterious lineage of people isolated from the outside world. Researchers analysed the first genomes from people who ...