Their genetic makeup was shockingly different to what scientists usually expect to find among ancient humans travelling around Africa. Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, the desert area was lush ...

This lost group in the Sahara Desert had a distinct genetic makeup that was much different than scientists expected to find out among ancient humans traveling in and out of Africa. Between 5,000 ...

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different place: a verdant world of trees and rivers and home to megafauna such as hippos and elephants. Over the ...

The state hasn’t kept track, so now lawmakers want to create a database with maps of where those ancient ponds are located. It’s the first step in restoring a key component of native food ...

If you’re one of those people who finds it hard to envisage the scale of things in Australia’s vast outback, here's a to-scale map of the British Isles over the relevant area. Image: Floodwaters in SW ...

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 ...

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different ... Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient world as traveled by ancient geographers has been created by researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The map lets users ...