The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...

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

The latest genetic studies reveal that 7,000 years ago, the Sahara was home to a unique group of people. This community lived ...

The latest genetic research reveals that 7,000 years ago, the Sahara was home to a unique group of people. This community ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, snow-capped mountains—not something you'll usually see in any popular places you'll ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancient DNA of two female ...

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

Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.