DNA Reveals Lost Human Lineage in 'Green Sahara': Study
19:03 05.04.2025 (Updated: 09:47 06.04.2025)
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DNA Reveals Lost Human Lineage in 'Green Sahara': Study
DNA from 7,000-year-old mummified women in Libya’s Takarkori rock shelter reveals an unknown and genetically isolated human group that thrived when the Sahara was a lush grassland (14,500–5,000 years ago).
Unique & Isolated
Their genes show minimal Neanderthal ancestry (unlike Eurasians), proving they were cut off from other groups.
They descended from ancient North Africans who split from sub-Saharan populations 50,000 years ago.
Lived as herders (evidence from artifacts).
Disappearance & Legacy
Their isolation ended when the Sahara dried up around 3000 BC, wiping out their community.
But traces of their DNA still survive in some modern North Africans.
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DNA from 7,000-year-old mummified women in Libya’s Takarkori rock shelter reveals an unknown and genetically isolated human group that thrived when the Sahara was a lush grassland (14,500–5,000 years ago).
Unique & Isolated
Their genes show minimal Neanderthal ancestry (unlike Eurasians), proving they were cut off from other groups.
They descended from ancient North Africans who split from sub-Saharan populations 50,000 years ago.
Lived as herders (evidence from artifacts).
Disappearance & Legacy
Their isolation ended when the Sahara dried up around 3000 BC, wiping out their community.
But traces of their DNA still survive in some modern North Africans.
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