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  • Unknown human lineage lived in 'Green Sahara' 7,000 years ago, ancient DNA reveals

    04/04/2025 12:24:39 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    Live Science ^ | April 04, 2025 | Skyler Ware
    Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago. Naturally mummified human remains found in the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara desert point to a previously unknown human population. (Image credit: © Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome) Two 7,000-year-old mummies belong to a previously unknown human lineage that remained isolated in North Africa for thousands of years, a new study finds. The mummies are the remains of women who once lived in the "Green Sahara," also known as...
  • First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

    07/02/2025 5:53:29 AM PDT · by texas booster · 11 replies
    Max Planck Gesellschaft Institute Denmark ^ | April 2 2025 | Max Planck Gesellschaft Institute Staff
    A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African humid period more than 7,000 years ago To the point DNA analysis from two naturally mummified individuals from Libya: More than 7,000 years ago, during the so-called African Humid Period (Green Sahara), a long isolated human lineage existed in North Africa. Limited gene flow: The genomes do not carry sub-Saharan African ancestry, suggesting that, contrary to previous interpretations, the Green Sahara was not a migration corridor between Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa. The spread of migratory herding in the Green Sahara probably occurred through...