Na Caverna Takarkori, arqueólogos encontraram duas múmias femininas com mais de 7.000 anos, em um estado de preservação impressionante. Mas o impressionante foi o DNA delas
Esse DNA não corresponde a nenhuma espécie humana conhecida pode ter se separado dos humanos modernos há cerca de 60.000 anos.
Esse DNA não corresponde a nenhuma espécie humana conhecida pode ter se separado dos humanos modernos há cerca de 60.000 anos.
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Na Caverna Takarkori, arqueólogos encontraram duas múmias femininas com mais de 7.000 anos, em um estado de preservação impressionante. Mas o impressionante foi o DNA delas
Esse DNA não corresponde a nenhuma espécie humana conhecida pode ter se separado dos humanos modernos há cerca de 60.000 anos.
Esse DNA não corresponde a nenhuma espécie humana conhecida pode ter se separado dos humanos modernos há cerca de 60.000 anos.
I'm beyond excited to share our new paper in Nature! We sequenced the first ancient human autosomal genomes from the Central Sahara, two ~7,000-year-old individuals from Takarkori in Libya, revealing a long-isolated North African lineage: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short thread: (1/n)
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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage - Nature
Pastoralism spread through cultural diffusion into the Green Sahara, where an isolated, distinct North African ancestry persisted.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm beyond excited to share our new paper in Nature! We sequenced the first ancient human autosomal genomes from the Central Sahara, two ~7,000-year-old individuals from Takarkori in Libya, revealing a long-isolated North African lineage: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here's a short thread: (1/n)
Here's a short thread: (1/n)
I'm very happy to share with you our latest work on stable isotope analysis on dessicated wild cereals from Takarkori rock shelter 🌱🌾
What a challenge!
Do not hesitate to contact us for a free copy ✨
#prehistory
#archaeology
What a challenge!
Do not hesitate to contact us for a free copy ✨
#prehistory
#archaeology
Exploring the use of Wild Cereals at Takarkori (Central Sahara, Southwestern Libya) Through Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Prehistoric Desiccated Seeds
Stable isotope analyses of archaeological plant material have increased in the last few decades with questions arising about climate, environment, and subsistence strategies. While the available st...
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March 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm very happy to share with you our latest work on stable isotope analysis on dessicated wild cereals from Takarkori rock shelter 🌱🌾
What a challenge!
Do not hesitate to contact us for a free copy ✨
#prehistory
#archaeology
What a challenge!
Do not hesitate to contact us for a free copy ✨
#prehistory
#archaeology
Awesome. #geography #aphg #humangeography #history @americangeo.bsky.social
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About 7,000 years ago, the Sahara desert was green, and now we know who lived there
Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We analyzed DNA from two naturally mummified women buried in a rock shelter in southwestern Libya called Takarkori. The DNA preservation in the Sahara is extremely rare, but we made it work with targeted SNP capture of modern archaeogenetics methods, including variant enrichment. (3/n)
April 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We analyzed DNA from two naturally mummified women buried in a rock shelter in southwestern Libya called Takarkori. The DNA preservation in the Sahara is extremely rare, but we made it work with targeted SNP capture of modern archaeogenetics methods, including variant enrichment. (3/n)
My marker-shaded artistic representation of one of two Neolithic women whose remains were found at a rock shelter in Libya’s Wadi Takarkori. #african #anthropology #art
April 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My marker-shaded artistic representation of one of two Neolithic women whose remains were found at a rock shelter in Libya’s Wadi Takarkori. #african #anthropology #art
Révélations suite à l'étude de l'ADN ancien de deux femmes retrouvées momifiées dans l'abri rocheux de Takarkori en Libye, au centre du #Sahara ! 👉 www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/actualite...
April 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Révélations suite à l'étude de l'ADN ancien de deux femmes retrouvées momifiées dans l'abri rocheux de Takarkori en Libye, au centre du #Sahara ! 👉 www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/actualite...
One of the key findings: Takarkori individuals had 10x less Neanderthal ancestry than Levantine farmers, but still more than present-day sub-Saharan Africans. This implies limited gene flow from out-of-Africa sources, possibly via the Levant. (6/n)
April 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One of the key findings: Takarkori individuals had 10x less Neanderthal ancestry than Levantine farmers, but still more than present-day sub-Saharan Africans. This implies limited gene flow from out-of-Africa sources, possibly via the Levant. (6/n)
Un sorprendente hallazgo, a cargo de la arqueogenetista Nada Salem y su equipo del Instituto Max Planck de Antropología Evolutiva, en el desierto del Sahara ha dejado perplejos a los científicos: dos momias de siete mil años, encontradas en el refugio rocoso de Takarkori, presentan un linaje👇
April 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Un sorprendente hallazgo, a cargo de la arqueogenetista Nada Salem y su equipo del Instituto Max Planck de Antropología Evolutiva, en el desierto del Sahara ha dejado perplejos a los científicos: dos momias de siete mil años, encontradas en el refugio rocoso de Takarkori, presentan un linaje👇
Takarkori Mummies Reveal Isolated Human Lineage with Neanderthal DNA in the Green Sahara - A genetic oasis in the heart of the desert. A groundbreaking discovery from the Takarkori Cave in Li... www.myscrappydays.com/news.php?slu... #Takarkorimummies #NeanderthalDNA #Isolatedhumanlineage
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Takarkori Mummies Reveal Isolated Human Lineage with Neanderthal DNA in the Green Sahara - A genetic oasis in the heart of the desert. A groundbreaking discovery from the Takarkori Cave in Li... www.myscrappydays.com/news.php?slu... #Takarkorimummies #NeanderthalDNA #Isolatedhumanlineage
"Scientists have successfully analysed the #DNA of two naturally mummified individuals from the #Takarkori rock shelter, in what is now southwestern Libya. Their findings reveal something extraordinary: these ancient people belonged to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree."
#BBC
#BBC
This 7,000-year-old mummy DNA has revealed a ‘ghost’ branch of humanity | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Ancient remains hidden in a Libyan cave have opened the door to a long lost human lineage
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May 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Scientists have successfully analysed the #DNA of two naturally mummified individuals from the #Takarkori rock shelter, in what is now southwestern Libya. Their findings reveal something extraordinary: these ancient people belonged to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree."
#BBC
#BBC
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on the #Sahara Desert’s greener past - #Takarkori rock shelter
#archaeology
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Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on the Sahara Desert’s greener past - Egypt Independent
Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on the #Sahara Desert’s greener past - #Takarkori rock shelter
#archaeology
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#archaeology
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Alte Genome aus der Grünen Sahara entschlüsselt #archäologie
Alte Genome aus der Grünen Sahara entschlüsselt
Ein internationales Forschungsteam unter der Leitung des Max-Planck-Instituts für evolutionäre Anthropologie hat die ersten alten Genome aus der so genannten Grünen Sahara sequenziert. Die DNA-Analyse von zwei 7.000 Jahre alten Viehzüchtern aus dem Takarkori Rock Shelter im Südwesten Libyens zeigt, dass diese zu einer lange isolierten und heute ausgestorbenen nordafrikanischen genetischen Linie gehören. Diese Gruppe von Hirtennomaden weist nur einen geringen Anteil nicht-afrikanischer genetischer Abstammung auf, was darauf hindeutet, dass sich die Viehhaltung in der Grünen Sahara vorwiegend durch kulturellen Austausch und nicht durch massive Migration von Menschen verbreitet hat.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Alte Genome aus der Grünen Sahara entschlüsselt #archäologie
Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans share.google/UiptPtIcBNdM...
Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans
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.
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September 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans share.google/UiptPtIcBNdM...
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"The majority of Takarkori individuals’ ancestry stems from a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from sub-Saharan African lineages around the same time as present-day humans outside Africa and remained isolated throughout most of its existence."
"The majority of Takarkori individuals’ ancestry stems from a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from sub-Saharan African lineages around the same time as present-day humans outside Africa and remained isolated throughout most of its existence."
Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage - Nature
Pastoralism spread through cultural diffusion into the Green Sahara, where an isolated, distinct North African ancestry persisted.
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April 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"The majority of Takarkori individuals’ ancestry stems from a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from sub-Saharan African lineages around the same time as present-day humans outside Africa and remained isolated throughout most of its existence."
"The majority of Takarkori individuals’ ancestry stems from a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from sub-Saharan African lineages around the same time as present-day humans outside Africa and remained isolated throughout most of its existence."
Happy to share with you the new paper on taphonomy in arid environments in collaboration with my friend and colleague @roccoro.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Shelters and bones: Site-specific archaeofaunal taphonomy for identifying formation processes in Saharan Holocene rock shelters - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
This study investigates natural syn- and post-depositional processes affecting terrestrial mammal bones from the Takarkori rock shelter in the hyper-arid Tadrart Acacus massif, south-western Libya. Th...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy to share with you the new paper on taphonomy in arid environments in collaboration with my friend and colleague @roccoro.bsky.social. Check it out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Las mujeres que habitaron el Sahara
Las mujeres que habitaron el Sahara
La historia de un linaje humano único floreció en el norte de África. Por Alcides Blanco para Noticias La Insuperable Momia natural de 7.000 años de antigüedad hallada en el abrigo rocoso de Takarkori, en el sur de Libia.Imagen: Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome Aunque es una de las regiones más áridas en la actualidad, …
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April 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Las mujeres que habitaron el Sahara
About 7,000 years ago, the #Sahara #Desert was green, and now we know who lived there
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"...2 women were laid to rest in a rocky shelter in today’s SW Libya. Their remains have now yielded the first ancient #human #genomes ever recovered from the central Sahara."
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"...2 women were laid to rest in a rocky shelter in today’s SW Libya. Their remains have now yielded the first ancient #human #genomes ever recovered from the central Sahara."
About 7,000 years ago, the Sahara desert was green, and now we know who lived there
Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.
www.earth.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
About 7,000 years ago, the #Sahara #Desert was green, and now we know who lived there
www.earth.com/news/about-7...
"...2 women were laid to rest in a rocky shelter in today’s SW Libya. Their remains have now yielded the first ancient #human #genomes ever recovered from the central Sahara."
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"...2 women were laid to rest in a rocky shelter in today’s SW Libya. Their remains have now yielded the first ancient #human #genomes ever recovered from the central Sahara."
"Genetic analysis shows that most of the Takarkori ancestry comes from an unknown North African lineage, a group of people sharing inherited history."
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About 7,000 years ago, the Sahara desert was green, and now we know who lived there
Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.
www.earth.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"Genetic analysis shows that most of the Takarkori ancestry comes from an unknown North African lineage, a group of people sharing inherited history."
www.earth.com/news/about-7... .
www.earth.com/news/about-7... .
News - Ancient DNA Reveals Human Lineage of Green Sahara Dwellers
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News - Ancient DNA Reveals Human Lineage of Green Sahara Dwellers - Archaeology Magazine
TAKARKORI, LIBYA—According to a statement released by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, for […]
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News - Ancient DNA Reveals Human Lineage of Green Sahara Dwellers
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Scientists studying two 7,000-year-old female mummies from Libya’s Takarkori rock shelter have uncovered a previously unknown North African genetic lineage.
#Archaeology #Genetics #GreenSahara #NorthAfrica #HumanHistory
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September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Scientists studying two 7,000-year-old female mummies from Libya’s Takarkori rock shelter have uncovered a previously unknown North African genetic lineage.
#Archaeology #Genetics #GreenSahara #NorthAfrica #HumanHistory
#Archaeology #Genetics #GreenSahara #NorthAfrica #HumanHistory