Two women buried 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have no business being genetically mysterious. They lived during ...

Researchers deciphered ancient genomes from the Green Sahara, revealing an isolated North African human lineage.

In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old mummified women and found DNA that does not match any living population. The ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suicide attacks on a French-run mine and a military base in northern Niger have shown how an Islamist threat is spreading across the weak nations of the Sahara, meaning France may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pioneering study discovered a previously unknown human lineage in Africa that dates back 50,000 years when modern human lineages ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

TAKARKORI, LIBYA—According to a statement released by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, for the first time, scientists have deciphered the genomes of two individuals who lived ...

Foremost African energy conglomerate, Sahara Group has reiterated the need for more intra-African collaboration to accelerate the continent's march towards access to sustainable energy solutions and ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suicide attacks on a French-run mine and a military base in northern Niger have shown how an Islamist threat is spreading across the weak nations of the Sahara, meaning France may ...