Multiple phases of human occupation in Southeast Arabia between 210,000 and 120,000 years ago

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 1600
• Main Authors: Bretzke, K., Preusser, F., Jasim, S., Miller, C., Preston, G., Raith, K., Underdown, S. J., Parton, A., Parker, A. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 31.01.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/181/1403; 631/181/19; 631/181/19/27; 704/106/413; 704/106/694; Archaeology; Climate change; Climatic conditions; Human populations; Human settlements; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lithic; Monsoons; multidisciplinary; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; Population density; Rainfall; Refugia; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Wind

Changing climatic conditions are thought to be a major control of human presence in Arabia during the Paleolithic. Whilst the Pleistocene archaeological record shows that periods of increased monsoon rainfall attracted human occupation and led to increased population densities, the impact of arid co...