Fertile Past unearthed from sands of Arabia

Fertile Past unearthed from sands of Arabia

 The recent discovering of humans populated the Arabian peninsula thousands of years ago and recent images taken by Nasa shuttle showing foot prints of vast lakes and networks of rivers and wide savannah suggest that humans once left Africa and traveled through the strait of Hormuz. A group of scientists from European research council headed by Prof. Petrolia seek to excavate and locate sites across the Arabian Peninsula. The study of the team aims to overturn the academic bias which has long dismissed this region from me having a fruitful ground for any research of Paleothiic record. There have been a few key sites in recent years that have started to change that. Petragilia explains about the new discoveries and images which encourage scientists to spend time and money on such research abut the Arabian Peninsula. Examining the image prints on land is being conducted through two stages. The first one would be examining prehistoric as well as historic water sources visible by technological means. The second stage is to overcome the difficulty of climate conditions and walls along the edges of the lakes and rivers identified in the images. This stage should prove what exactly happened to climate over time that changed from savannah to an empty desert.  

 

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             King's College London -  Media coverage: January - June 2012. (2012, May 17). King's College London -  Home. Retrieved March 3, 2013, from http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/news/Mediacoverage/2012-January-June.aspx

 

 

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