Tripoli - (Saba):
A recent scientific study has revealed the presence of a previously unknown human race in North Africa, dating back to the period of human dispersal outside the continent 50,000 years ago.
An international research team from the Max Planck Institute in Germany and the Italian universities of Florence and Rome discovered the DNA of two women's remains at the Tarkori rock shelter in the Libyan desert, dating back to the African Humid Period.
The study showed that the Sahara Desert during that period was a fertile environment with water bodies and forests, which supported human settlement. Genetic analyses revealed a unique human race in North Africa that was isolated from sub-Saharan Africa, changing previous perceptions about genetic exchange between the two regions.
Professor Johannes Krausz, Director of the Max Planck Institute, said that the results overturn previous concepts, while Dr. Nada Salem added that the study reveals a human civilization that developed in isolation in the green Sahara.
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