A 7,000-year-old prehistoric mummy from Libya's Saharan past returned to the country Sunday after more than 20 years in Italy, touching down at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli aboard an Italian military aircraft.
The mummy, known as "Takarkori" or TK H1,...
Researchers have deciphered ancient genomes from two women buried in the Green Sahara roughly 7,000 years ago, uncovering a previously unknown human lineage that remained deeply isolated across North Africa for thousands of years.
The study, led by Nada Salem...
Scientists are studying the origins of the inhabitants of the 'green Sahara' through the DNA of two female mummies. Seven thousand years ago the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya was far lusher and filled with vibrant flora and...
