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Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...
In thousands of years to come, the Sahara will one day be full of life, vegetation, and vital water once again.
Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people ... based ...
The Takarkori rock shelter — situated in southwestern Libya’s Tadrart Acacus mountains — offers a remarkable glimpse into the Sahara’s greener past. Archaeologists uncovered the remains of 15 women ...
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of ...
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Sister formations can be found at Fingal’s ... the Eye of the Sahara looks pretty much like any other part of this continent-straddling desert from the ground. But from up in space, this 40 ...
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This climate reconstruction aligns with other evidence from pollen records, lake sediments, and plant fossils found in the region ... that once inhabited the margins of what is now the Sahara Desert ...