7000 years old Arabian human remains are being examined for DNA.

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RIYADH — The Heritage Commission announced on Monday that Archaeologists and paleontologists from the commission in cooperation with the Saudi Geological Survey, King Saud University, and the German Max Planck Institute have made new discoveries in the Umm Jirsan cave, in the Harrat Khaybar lava field, soon to be published in the international journal, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.

The lava tube cave of Umm Jirsan has both archaeological and palaeontological deposits that have been radiocarbon dated to multiple periods over 7,000 years.

Especially striking is the rich number and exceptional preservation of tens of thousands of animal bones accumulated over time in the cave.

The bone accumulations were mainly composed of striped hyena, horse, the wild ass and the domesticated donkey, as well as wild and domesticated camel, ibex, goat, and cattle.

In addition to the animal bones, the skulls of humans were also found, likely stolen from nearby graves in prehistory.

The bones are presently being examined for DNA, and studies are now underway to examine the history of pastoralism and animal domestication in the Arabian Peninsula.


https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/608243

Finger crossed that the researchers can successfully sequence the genome of these Neolithic Arabians. I’m speculating these Neo-Arabians will turn out to be very Natufian-like.

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