- Fertile past unearthed from sands of Arabia
The Arabian peninsula is
central of the development of hunter gatherers from Africa. A study by Pr0f.Pofaglci
has shown that settlements were affected by climate change and this made life
unsettled for the communities. Archaeological evidence was retired to reveal
where colonies existed and help piece to gather the location of early
encampments. This study is focused an Arabia and is funded by the European
council and is also in conjunction with Oman and the UAE. It is seen as
relevant to other study on climate that are taking place currently. Many
sources show that the Penunsula area was rich of drinking water but climate
affected badly on maintaining the same sources.
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Fertile past unearthed from sands of Arabia
The National 17 May 2012
The article discuss the
Arabian Peninsula may hold the key to understanding how humans travelled out of
Africa to populate the rest of the world. Arabian Desert has a deep history
more than 100,000 years ago. Therefore, a major research project will be done
by the University of Oxford into our evolutionary heritage. Prof Petraglia
explained Arabian Peninsula is the stepping stone out of Africa and yet so
little is known about it. He admits that desert environments generally don’t
preserve sites as well as the rest of the world, but there have been a few key
sites in recent years that have started to change. For instance, Jebel Faya in
the UAE is the most ancient human settlement found so far and yielded evidence
of three different Paleolithic settlements from 125,000 to 25,000 years ago.
Furthermore, stone tools discovered in mountain near the Strait of Hormuz and
archaeologists argue it provides proof that African populations crossed the Bab
Al Mandab Strait about 125,000 years ago. Finally, the main question is what
happened to the humans when the climate changed.
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