Greening Of The Sahara Desert Triggered Early Human Migrati

[Minimalist]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 115843.htm

A team of scientists from the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and the University of Bremen (Germany) has determined that a major change in the climate of the Sahara and Sahel region of North Africa facilitated early human migrations from the African continent. The team's findings will be published online in the Nov. 9th installment of Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Among the key findings are that the Sahara desert and the Sahel were considerably wetter around 9,000, 50,000 and 120,000 years ago than at present, allowing for the growth of trees instead of grasses.

[Rokcet Scientist]

So that's confirmation of what we knew already. Unfortunately not specification.

[Minimalist]

One takes what one can get. Besides, I'm not so sure that the earlier wet periods were well documented.

At least it provides a thought for the "why did they leave" question.

Besides, if it happened 3 times within the last 120,000 years who can say how many times it has happened in the last million years?

[Rokcet Scientist]

Time to start digging in the Sahara for the culture that migrated to the Nile and gave us the sphinx.

[Minimalist]

You'll give Zahi a stroke talking like that.

[Rokcet Scientist]

You'll give Zahi a stroke talking like that.

I always welcome a fresh face! (–––>)

[E.P. Grondine]

Thus Pedra Furada, Brazil, and the distinct ethnicity of the Savanah River peoples.

[Rokcet Scientist]

Trans-oceanic migration of peoples, say, 7,000 years BC, E.P.?

Of course if the Nehilim moved those peoples to Brasil and Georgia the puzzle fits.