Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from gold and the introduction of the camel during the Trans-Saharan trade increased ... to Ghana started in North Africa in Tahert, coming down through ...

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the African humid period. This population had been long isolated from other ...

The authors sequenced ancient DNA from two naturally mummified ... was previously proposed to have come from sub-Saharan Africa, implying trans-Saharan migrations, but the new findings suggest ...

This genetic isolation, the authors of the study reasoned, suggested the region likely wasn’t a migration corridor that linked sub-Saharan Africa to ... unknown ancient North African genetic ...

The trans-Saharan slave trade was distinct from its transatlantic cousin which relied mainly on slaves from western and central sub-Saharan Africa. These population censuses are unique because they ...