New research reveals signs of ancient human habitation in a vast cave beneath the Arabian desert. It may have been used as a waystation by Stone Age herders travelling from one oasis to another.
- Lecturer in Mediterranean Prehistory, University of Malta
The new work presents the oldest dated evidence for hominins in Arabia, in the form of an ancient handaxe tool uncovered from the Nefud Desert.
How we found the oldest human fossil ever discovered outside Africa and the Levant.
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