Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

The Mauritania iron ore train has been running since 1963. It was built not for people, but for purpose — to carry wealth ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown human ancestor from over 7,000 years ago. The ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Big crowds are expected at the Little Sahara Recreation Area this weekend. Easter weekend always draws huge ...

Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, the desert area was lush and fertile, and known as the Green Sahara. This led researchers to believe that ancient humans living here may have interacted more ...

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 ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind. That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ...

A Newport grandfather in his seventies has completed a 100km trek across the Sahara Desert in memory of his great grandson. At just five months old, Harley Hollylee-Steward was diagnosed with acute ...