An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes ... new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna ...

The Takarkori and Taforalt genomes are equally distantly related to sub-Saharan African genomes, both ancient and present. This led the authors to argue that the fragmented habitats of the Sahara ...

Moreover, the ancient genomes do not carry sub-Saharan African ancestry, suggesting that, contrary to previous interpretations, the Green Sahara was not a corridor connecting Northern and sub ...

The study provides critical new insights into the African ... Green Sahara, likely through cultural exchange rather than large-scale migration." "The study highlights the importance of ancient ...