British archaeologist: 125,000 years ago first human settlement began in Oman

A new study by a British archaeologist says that the first human
settlement in Oman began about 125,000 years ago. Dr Jeffrey I Rose,
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham, UK,
said this during a lecture here yesterday on “Oman at the Dawn of
Time: The Archaeology of Human Origin in Southern Arabia.”

Speaking to Oman local media, Dr Jeffrey said it is commonly agreed by
archaeologists that originally the human expansion began from Africa,
perhaps from Ethiopia or Kenya. But until recently experts believed
that early human species moved from Africa to Australia. According to
this study, in the journey of human expansion, the first modern humans
followed the rivers into Arabia 125,000 years ago, more specifically
Wadi Aybut in Dhofar, in response to improved environmental
conditions.

For years, Dr Jeffrey and his seven-member team were exploring as to
what was the role of Arabia in the human expansion and subsequent
behavioural revolution? When and why did man first leave Africa? “At
long last, after a decade of searching, we found a site in Wadi Aybut
with stone tools that represent the footprints of the human
expansion,” said Dr Jeffrey. Archaeological researches establish that
human race has the same origin.

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