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No, Olduvai Gorge, south and east of the Sahara.
No, the Sahara desert is not where some of the earliest human fossils have been found. The earliest human fossils have been discovered in other parts of Africa, such as the Great Rift Valley and South Africa. The Sahara, being a desert, is not conducive to preserving fossils from this early period.
The Sahara
Millions of people live in and survive everyday in the Sahara
The Berber people still presently live in the Sahara as well as millions others who reside in cities and towns of the Sahara, such as Cairo, Egypt.
9.1 millions Km2
There are millions of people living in cities and towns in the Sahara. That's a lot more than a few.
No, overgrazing did not create the Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert was formed as a result of shifts in the Earth's climate and tectonic plates over millions of years. Human activities like overgrazing and deforestation can exacerbate desertification, but they were not the primary cause of the Sahara.
The Sahara is 9,000,000+ square kilometers or 3,300,000+ square miles which is millions of time greater than 30 football fields.
It is impossible to get the exact number of camels living in the Sahara but estimates state that there are millions. There are several distinct types of camels living in the desert.
About 5 people from Australia, 7 from Europe, 14 from Asia and 21 from America visit the Sahara Desert in a year.
Just a single example is Africa's southern Sahara. The Sahara Desert is creeping south, and ahead of it the land is drying and losing its ability to support plant growth. This is a disaster for the millions of people who live there, not to mention the wild animals.