A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

That’s because Big Morongo Canyon is a rare riparian oasis in the middle of the desert, offering a lush green landscape that’s like nowhere else in the area. Most of Joshua Tree National Park ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya.

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

Rachel Chang is a travel and pop culture journalist who contributes to Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, and more. Among the forest of lush green trees, cascades of water ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human ... unlike today's arid desert landscape," said archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya ...