Ancient DNA reveals lost human tribe that lived in Green Sahara

Ancient DNA reveals lost human tribe that lived in Green Sahara

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

7,000-year-old natural mummy from the Takarkori rock shelter

7,000-year-old natural mummy found at the Takarkori rock shelter (Individual H1) in Southern Libya.

Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.

DNA explains the enigma of culture that painted swimmers and hippopotamuses in the desert thousands of years ago

First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, 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.

Revealed: first DNA profiles of ancient people who roamed a lush Sahara

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