From Africa to Arabia

Saudi Heritage History recently announced finding evidence of early human migration waves from Africa to Arabia 400 thousand years ago. Experts from the Saudi Heritage History, and Max-Planck participated in the research, alongside experts from King Saud University.

Moreover, several archaeological discoveries proved the presence of those early human-migrations which were repeated several times through history 200, and 300 thousand years ago, and 55 thousand years ago, so it was considered the longest urban existence in Arabia.

In addition, it affirmed that the cultural and urban importance of this region and the role those early communities played in the field of urban development outside Africa.

Remains of tools from stones and stony animal bones were unearthed among the layers of the dry lakes in the Nefud desert, northwestern the kingdom.

Furthermore, a number of axes were discovered in “Khal-Emishan,” Tabuk, and they are considered the oldest unearthed remains in Arabia.

The whole world was interested in such a discovery after the news was published in the biggest publication in the globe, Nature magazine; it reviewed the layers of the ancient lakes in the Nefud desert which represented Arabia’s pluvial periods.

In addition, the study also discussed the development of human existence in Arabia according to the types of discovered remains and artifacts that varied through different ages, especially the stone artifacts.

Therefore, it contributed to selecting the periods that witnessed moderate weather when those human migrations could be taken place, regardless of the absence of caves-related layers that could record such marks.

The archaeological discovery also asserted the importance of the cooperation between various research teams in different fields to reach special scientific discoveries.

To be continued…

Contributed by Rana Atef