"This is borne out by the presence of abundant archaeological evidence in the Empty Quarter and along its ancient lake and ...

The groundbreaking research, published in Communications Earth & Environment, reveals that the desert was once home to ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but scientists have now discovered that some chose to remain ...

Seen from space, high above Africa ... salty remnants of an ancient lake, rich with life, that covered much of northern Botswana until faulting diverted the source rivers. Khoisan bushmen now ...