Now a vast and parched expanse of sand and stone, the Sahara Desert hides secrets of a time when it teemed with life. Between ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

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

Some studies proposed that North African communities actively resisted ... We analysed the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences) of nine individuals who lived in the eastern Maghreb between ...

Ancient DNA collected from the remains of Stone Age ... clear genetic evidence of contact between early European and North African populations, indicating that Stone Age European hunter-gatherers ...

African scientists say the world is missing vital medical insights by ignoring the continent's vast genetic diversity. Less ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat ...