For centuries, hundreds of millions of people have relied on desert wetlands that are now disappearing. Can blending ancient ...

turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Continue reading Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that the North African lineage diverged from sub-Saharan African ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.