Early migration of modern humans into Arabia.....but from where?
TOOLS. Stone tools (hand axes) were unearthed in the Arabian peninsula in a rock shelter called Jebel Faya. These tools were dated as old as 127,000 years as it was presented in Science last January. The authors suggest that this early expansion of anatomically modern humans took place from Africa and then added that "It is likely that populations expanded and moved through the interior of Arabia, as well as via the coastline, and used adaptive strategies incorporating terrestrial resources" But, other researchers do not share this idea. John Shea of Stony Brook University in New York pointed out that "stone points from Jebel Faya are shorter, thicker and less pointy than those found throughout Africa beginning 100,000 years ago" Moreover, he proposes that the stone tools similarities of Jebel Faya to Indian finds could reflect a different migration, one that came from Asia. Now the debate is open and waiting for more evidence.
TOOLS. Stone tools (hand axes) were unearthed in the Arabian peninsula in a rock shelter called Jebel Faya. These tools were dated as old as 127,000 years as it was presented in Science last January. The authors suggest that this early expansion of anatomically modern humans took place from Africa and then added that "It is likely that populations expanded and moved through the interior of Arabia, as well as via the coastline, and used adaptive strategies incorporating terrestrial resources" But, other researchers do not share this idea. John Shea of Stony Brook University in New York pointed out that "stone points from Jebel Faya are shorter, thicker and less pointy than those found throughout Africa beginning 100,000 years ago" Moreover, he proposes that the stone tools similarities of Jebel Faya to Indian finds could reflect a different migration, one that came from Asia. Now the debate is open and waiting for more evidence.
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