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Genomic analyses reveal that the ancestry of the Takarkori rock shelter individuals primarily derives from a North African lineage that diverged from sub-Saharan African populations at about the same time as the modern human lineages that spread outside of Africa around 50,000 years ago. The newly described lineage remained isolated, revealing deep genetic continuity in North Africa during the late Ice Age. While this lineage no longer exists in unadmixed form, this ancestry is still a central genetic component of present-day North African people, highlighting their unique heritage.

Furthermore, these individuals share close genetic ties with 15,000-year-old foragers that lived during the Ice Age in Taforalt Cave, Morocco, associated with the Iberomaurusian lithic industry that predates the African Humid Period. Notably, both groups are equally distant from sub-Saharan African lineages, indicating that despite the Sahara's greening, gene flow between sub-Saharan and North African populations remained limited during the African Humid Period, contrary to previous suggestions.

The study also sheds light on Neandertal ancestry, showing that the Takarkori individuals have ten-fold less Neandertal DNA than people outside Africa, but more than contemporary sub-Saharan Africans. “Our findings suggest that while early North African populations were largely isolated, they received traces of Neandertal DNA due to gene flow from outside Africa,” said senior author Johannes Krause, director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

1 posted on 07/02/2025 5:53:29 AM PDT by texas booster
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To: texas booster

That the Sahara was once green and is now a desert puts the lie that climate change is the result of human activity.

The one world globalist are using “climate change” to get control over our life. No law, rule or regulation should be passed or enforced based on the lie that man is changing the earth’s climate.


2 posted on 07/02/2025 5:57:41 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: texas booster; SunkenCiv

Where did all that sand come from?......................🤔


3 posted on 07/02/2025 6:01:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: texas booster

More than 7,000 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period (Green Sahara),
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BTW, Sahara is turning green again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjFBWNU-GE4

Of course, this is devastating effect of global warning!
What would you expect from media?


4 posted on 07/02/2025 6:08:00 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: texas booster
'First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered'

"What's all this I hear about green Saharan..."

GreenGnome

"Huh? Really?"

"Well why didn't you say that?"

EmilyLitella

5 posted on 07/02/2025 6:18:19 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fairies wear boots and you've gotta believe me)
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To: texas booster
I remember years ago seeing a documentary about the Sahara Desert that showed living cypress trees growing in the middle of the desert.

The trees are/were several thousands of years old. They survive by taproots running down into groundwater, and while they produce viable seeds, none can germinate in the desert. In other words, these cypress trees started growing when the Sahara was a savanna that got a foot of rain or more per year as opposed to today's average rainfall of about an inch.

11 posted on 07/02/2025 7:24:56 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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