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 ...

In this lonely valley called Tazerzaït, where the Aïr Massif meets the great sand seas of the Sahara, the ... centuries took slaves from other desert tribes and intermarried with them.

Philippe Dudouit Sun-scorched and wind-scoured, the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna. Though dozens of tribes ...

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 ...

April 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...

The Takarkori rock shelter, an archaeological site in Libya’s Tadrart Acacus mountains, offers a glimpse into the Sahara Desert's greener past. - Archaeological Mission in the Sahara/Sapienza ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...

But the Green Sahara people carried only trace amounts of Neanderthal DNA, illustrating that they had scant contact with outside populations. Although the Takarkori population itself disappeared ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...