Ten thousand years ago, northern Africa was hammered by strong monsoon ... (Ancient cannabis 'burial shroud' discovered in desert oasis.) In a destructive feedback loop, migration hastens the ...

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 ...

Tell people you are traveling to North Africa and chances ... to the Sahara," is where most desert journeys begin. This small settlement grew around a huge palm oasis (there are over 500,000 ...

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.

North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.