Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans

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Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans
Story by Elizabeth Rayne

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry.

DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of female herders from a time when the Sahara was more humid and known as the Green Sahara, did not show the expected Sub-Saharan genes.

The Takarkori individuals are most closely related to other North African peoples who diverged from Sub-Saharan populations long before.


While the Sahara is now a vast expanse of sand where the fight for survival can be brutal, there was a time (however difficult that is to believe) when it was actually green and flourishing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-found-7-000-year-old-mummies-in-the-desert-that-don-t-share-dna-with-modern-humans/ar-AA1N0sir?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=68ea6434bbae4db78642615e23c787cd&ei=17

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