New path for early human migrations through a once-lush Arabia contradicts a single ‘out of Africa’ origin
- Written by: Michael Petraglia, Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
A general view of Wadi Gharandal riverine wetland, along the Jordan Rift Valley, showing palm trees concentrated at the centre of the wadi near the active spring.Mahmoud AbbasOur species, Homo sapiens, migrated out of Africa multiple times – reaching the Levant and Arabia between 130,000 and 70,000 years ago, as exemplified by human...