A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

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Desert lizards are facing a ‘cost-of-living’ squeeze as global temperatures continue to rise, a new study finds.

The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high ...

Nabta Playa, discovered in 1974, is a prehistoric site located in a remote desert region near the border of Egypt and Sudan.

Spain’s foreign ministry says that a Spanish man has been kidnapped in an unspecified northern African country.

Explore the remarkable survival strategies of Homo erectus in extreme desert conditions. Discover how they thrived in harsh ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

After accumulating a mountain of memories, Claudia Mae Atkinson celebrated her 100th birthday with loved ones in Victorville ...

While some parts of the world experience horrific terrorism and abuse of Christians, churches have the opportunity to make ...

Africa’s shouldered 58 percent of these people ... enabling the government of Somalia to make a targeted intervention in the management of Desert Locust, before damage to crops and pastures occurred.