Human settlement on Arabian Peninsula earlier, less influenced by climate than previously thought
Researchers say their finds indicate that humans were much more adaptable than they have been given credit for.
An international team was able to reconstruct four distinct phases of Palaeolithic human occupation during the early Stone Age at the Jebel Faya rock shelter site in what is today UAE, Southern Arabia, contrary to previously held ideas.(photo credit: Dr. Knut Bretzke)ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKYUpdated: