North Africa is home to the greatest desert on Earth, the Sahara. This vast wilderness, the size of the United States, is the toughest part of the African continent – the sun rules mercilessly here.
Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...
The Sahara is currently the largest desert in the world. However, beneath its surface lie gigantic water resources comparable in size to seven Baltic Seas. The Sahara, the largest desert in the world, ...