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

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

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

Such a massive area might lead many to think ... wait until you hear about the Sahara's jaw-dropping temperatures. This ...

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

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest and most barren regions on Earth, extending across much of North Africa. It spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area roughly the size of China or the ...

Two Scots women who have lost four members of their family to brain tumours are to trek the Sahara Desert in their memory. Louise Cooper and Claire Cordiner will be the only Scots to walk a ...

The humans lived during the "African Humid Period," when the Sahara desert was green and dotted with lakes and streams. Humans lived in the area, and pastoralism — or flock tending — was ...

By Will Dunham (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 ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...