The Sahara desert in its present form is not exactly an example of greenery. Though multiple researchers have claimed that ...

the largest hot desert in the world. Lacking the patience to dust pottery shards in the sweltering heat, I've long since outgrown my archaeological dreams. But that image of the Sahara - gentle ...

An archaeology breakthrough has been made after a previously unknown human lineage that lived in the "green Sahara" in Africa was discovered through two 7,000-year-old mummies. DNA revealed the ...

A new map published on social media by the Met Office shows a huge swathe of Saharan dust particles bound for the UK. If you ...

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on Earth and covers over 3.3 million square miles of North Africa, according to World Atlas. That’s roughly the same size as the entire United States ...

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.

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

At the end of a warmer and wetter climate stage called the African Humid Period, the Sahara transformed into the world's largest hot desert roughly around 3,000 BC. Members of our species Homo ...

She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at [email protected] The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago ...