The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to
survive periodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the …

Despite the numerous studies proposing early human population expansions from Africa
into Arabia during the Late Pleistocene, no archaeological sites have yet been discovered in …

Abstract The Red Sea has typically been viewed as a barrier to early human movement
between Africa and Asia over the past 5 million years, and one that could be circumvented …

The dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa has been extensively researched across
several disciplines. Here we review the evidence for spatial and temporal variability in lithic …

Archaeological survey undertaken in central Saudi Arabia has revealed 29 surface sites
attributed to the Arabian Middle Paleolithic based on the presence of Levallois blank …

Beginning some 50 thousand years ago, a technological transition spread across the Near
East and into Eurasia, in the most general terms characterized by a shift from preferential …

Population discontinuities on a micro-scale are familiar phenomena in the archaeological
record of many parts of the world, and Western Asia is no exception. Multi-period sites often …

Abstract Several hundred Middle Palaeolithic (MP) archaeological sites have now been
identified in the Arabian Peninsula. However, the study of lithic raw material properties and …

Take a glance at any world map and it is immediately apparent that Arabia occupies a
critical geographic position, linking Africa, Europe, and Asia. This singular point echoes …

Regarding the question of the survival of prehistoric hominin groups in the Arabian
Peninsula during arid phases, the geology of karst appears to be an important factor. This is …