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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage.
Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44-3 ka).Nature communications · 2026Article
- Pan-African model explainsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Genomic identification and complete mitochondrial recovery of a Late Holocene porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) mummy from Yukon permafrost.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sudan's complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Bayesian analyses of radiocarbon dates suggest multiple origins of ceramic technology in Early Holocene Africa.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The origin of modern North Africans as depicted by a massive survey of mitogenomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Although it is one of the most arid regions today, the Sahara Desert was a green savannah during the African Humid Period (AHP) between 14,500 and 5,000 years before present, with water bodies promoting human occupation and the spread of pastoralism in the middle Holocene epoch
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