Posts tagged sub-sahara

Remains of an African woman who died more than 1,000 years ago during Saxon times in Britain, Europe

September 12, 2016 2 Comments Written by sola rey

Experts say the remains are those of a Sub-Saharan African woman and date from between 896 AD and 1025 AD. At the time of the discovery, the force said a Roman cemetery had been found near to the site which could explain the findings. Believed to have traveled more than 3,000 miles from Africa. Gloucestershire […]

History, Science, Theory

"African" skeleton, African History, african woman, and Sub-Saharan Africans, Black History, dna evidence, European and African, Rome

5,600 years old Black Mummy Child of Libya, Africa

December 3, 2015 1 Comment Written by sola rey

Mummification knowledge at 5,600 years old, this pre-dates Ancient Egyptian Civilization… Wan Muhuggiag (Muhjaij) Mummy, Tashwinat, Libya The Tashwinat Mummy of a child found in Wan Muhuggiag (or Uan Mughjaj), Tadrart Acacus, Fezzan, southern Libya, by Professor Mori in 1958. The mummy was thought to be at least 5400 years old and therefore it is […]

History, International News, Science, Travel

Africa, african roots, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian, Libyan Glass, Sahara desert of Africa, Sahara Desert of North Africa, Satelites found Ancient Native African kingdom in Libya, The Blue Eye Of The Sahara, The Eye of the Sahara

Dark Skin May Have Evolved to Protect Against Skin Cancer

December 3, 2014 Leave a Comment Written by sola rey

At one time, natural selection may have favored those who had the darkest variations in skin color to protect against ultraviolet radiation.PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE BY SARAH LEEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Greaves, who studies the role that disease plays in human evolution, believes his study adds credence to the idea that when earlier hominids shed their shaggy hair […]

Science, Theory

Africa, dark skin, equator, Human Evolution, Mel Greaves, Nina Jablonski, pale skin, Skin Cancer, Sun Screen, ultraviolet radiation