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. New ...

Once aloft, these particles scatter and absorb sunlight, diminish surface irradiance, and even encourage cloud formation-all ...

As Europe shifts more and more toward solar energy to meet climate goals and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, an ...

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Barth, ...

This significant discovery has illuminated the Sahara Desert in our quest to find our ... challenged conventional understandings about North Africa’s beginnings and brought a whole new lineage ...

The fascinating North ... Sahara Desert thousands of years ago. Their genetic makeup was shockingly different to what scientists usually expect to find among ancient humans travelling around Africa.

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara ... across North Africa from the hyperarid desert ...

Shocking DNA findings from two mummies discovered in Northern ... out of Africa. Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, this desert region was a lush and fertile area known as the Green Sahara.

A new map published on social media ... dust is a mixture of sand and dust from the Sahara - the vast desert area that covers most of North Africa. As in other parts of the world, the wind can ...

Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome Between 5,000 and 14,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert looked ... migration corridor between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.