7,000-year-old skeletons in Sahara reveal unknown human lineage
Archaeologists have unearthed 7,000-year-old skeletons in Libya's Takarkori rock shelter, revealing a previously unknown North African human lineage. DNA from two naturally mummified women, part of a pastoralist society of herders and hunters, shows they were genetically isolated for thousands of years. The study suggests the 'Green Sahara' once sheltered a distinct ancestral population.