ANTHROPOLOGIE

Volume 37/1, 1999, pp. 45-50

AMIRKHANOV H. A.
Archaeological Evidence for Early Hominid Migration to the Arabian Peninsula

This chapter examines the little known archaeological record of Southern Arabia, reports on the results of fieldwork there, and documents that the earliest hominid occupation there dates to at least the lower Pleistocene. The documentation of Developed Oldowan industries there, found in clear archaeological contexts, not only indicates hominid presence but also reveals another route used by hominids to colonize Eurasia.

Southern Arabia – Hominid colonization – Lower Pleistocene – Oldowan industries – Migration routes