People roamed this green landscape for thousands of years before it was again lost to sand. From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Ancient DNA extracted from ...

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 ...

The spread of migratory herding in the Green Sahara probably occurred through cultural exchange. Neandertal genetic traces: The ancient individuals had significantly less Neandertal DNA compared to ...

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.

A team of astrophysicists, geoscientists, chemists and life scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in Japan has ...

"This discovery reveals how pastoralism spread across the Green Sahara, likely through cultural exchange rather than large-scale migration." "The study highlights the importance of ancient DNA for ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...