Thousands of years ago, the Sahara was a lush, green landscape inhabited by mysterious societies. For decades, scientists struggled to understand their origins due to the desert’s poor conditions for DNA preservation. Now, the remarkably preserved DNA from two 7,000-year-old women found in a Libyan cave is rewriting history, revealing a story of cultural exchange without genetic mixing in ancient North Africa.
Related Posts
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it
Arwyn Edwards, Aberystwyth University The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average,…
How forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in a few generations – animated maps reveal climate lessons for tree-planting projects today
Trees like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away. Owen…
AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won’t replace human experts
Meteorologist Todd Dankers monitors weather patterns in Boulder, Colorado, Oct. 24, 2018. Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty…
A Major Atlantic Ocean Current Is At Risk of Collapsing. Here’s How We Can Save It.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a critical ocean current that regulates global weather patterns, particularly temperature…