A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

What are ancient stalagmites ... conditions likely facilitated these mammalian dispersals between Africa and Eurasia…with Arabia acting as a key crossroads for continental-scale biogeographic ...

A new study uncovered how ancient land shifts allowed elephants to cross from Africa to Asia millions of years ago.

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

Faysal Bibi is a senior scientist at the Natural History Museum – Leibniz ... which today douses eastern Africa and the southern Arabian coast with precipitation, but in the past extended ...

Today Arabia is a scorching desert, but it has been green and lush several times in the past 8 million years. That means animals from Africa could have wandered into the area – potentially ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

Ancient humid periods made Arabia a lush pathway for animals and ... corridors for early humans and animals migrating between Africa and Eurasia. This positions the Arabian Peninsula as a critical ...

According to the team, these wetter intervals likely facilitated dispersals between Africa and Eurasia, with "Arabia acting as a key crossroads for continental-scale biogeographic exchanges".

created an uplift in land that contributed to closing the ancient Tethys Sea, splitting it into what is now the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas, and created a landmass that bridged Asia and Africa ...

Alotaibi further noted that the study highlights the Arabian Peninsula's role as a corridor for the dispersal of organisms between Africa, Asia, and Europe. This finding contributes to a greater ...