Ancient Human Traces Found In The Inhospitable Namib Desert
Oct 21, 2024 · The region has scarce roads and restricted vehicular entry within this protected area of western Namibia's desert. Could ancient humans have once lived here, and if so, who were they? Scientists decided they wanted an answer to this question.
In search of evidence of ancient human existence, researchers …
Oct 17, 2024 · During the 1980s, anthropologist Myra Shackley traveled across southern Namibia documenting numerous isolated sites, including a few sites deep in the Namib Sand Sea, where she discovered...
African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts
Aug 1, 2024 · Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along ‘green corridors’. The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention.
An ancient lake and shifting sand dunes - The Conversation
Jul 29, 2024 · Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along “ green corridors ”. The...
African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but …
Aug 13, 2024 · New research provides the foundation for larger, regional-scale analyses of early human adaptive strategies in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia. Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian...
Namibia’s Ancient Human Habitats: How Desert Archaeology …
Jul 30, 2024 · The Namib Sand Sea, once considered an inhospitable desert, reveals a rich history of human-environment interactions. By uncovering the presence of ancient lakes and human activity, this research highlights the dynamic nature of environmental conditions and the resilience of early human populations.
Messum 1: a Later Stone Age pattern of mobility in the Namib Desert
Scarce palaeoclimatic data may indicate Late Pleistocene / Early Holocene dry conditions and EarlyIMid-Holocene moister conditions in the Central Namib Desert. Geometric microliths and bifacial points were found to be associated in two local Early Holocene stone tool assemblages. Typological antecedents are absent from Namibia.
An ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea, say …
Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along “ green corridors ”. The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention.
Our research, published in Quaternary Science Advances, provides a timeframe for the presence of a small freshwater lake that once existed in the Namib Sand Sea.
Namib: The archaeology of an African desert on JSTOR
Namib reveals the resilience and ingenuity of desert communities and provides a vivid picture of our species' response to climate change, and ancient strategies to counter ever-present risk.
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