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Access to stone as well as water governed where early humans lived
The world’s largest sand sea, the Empty Quarter in the Arabian peninsula, was once dotted with freshwater lakes and lush oases – but prehistoric humans appear to have avoided settling around them.
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The world’s largest sand sea, the Empty Quarter in the Arabian peninsula, was once dotted with freshwater lakes and lush oases – but prehistoric humans appear to have avoided settling around them. Today, scientists have found out why: the early inhabitants chose to live near useful deposits of rock instead.
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