Stone and water governed early human settlement of the desert

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 28 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11180-5 A geoarchaeological survey of the Rub’ al Khali (the Empty Quarter of Arabia) and spatial modelling of the Arabian Peninsula suggest that human settlement tracked the co-occurrence of water and stone suitable for making…

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• T1Stone and water governed early human settlement of the desertNature / Science / Nature Biotechnology28 Oct, 00:00