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E08ERC Sand dune landscape in Arabian desert.

We need to fully explore the planet to understand our species' origins

18 August 2021

The study of human evolution has neglected huge areas of Earth, and recent discoveries from Arabia suggest these places have a lot to tell us

illustration of faces in the desert

The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human evolution

18 August 2021

New evidence reveals that Arabia was not a mere stopover for ancestral humans leaving Africa, but a lush homeland where they flourished and evolved

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