ReviewProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020
Human responses to climate and ecosystem change in ancient Arabia.
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- The Natufian Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic in the desert of northern Arabia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- First results from the mustatils of the Harrat Khaybar: New insights into neolithic cult in Northwest Saudi Arabia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Monumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Patterns of population structure and genetic variation within the Saudi Arabian population.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Novel archaeological and palaeontological findings in cave and palaeoriver landscapes of inland northeast Arabia.PloS one · 2025Article
- South Arabia's prehistoric monument landscape shows social resilience to climate change.PloS one · 2025Article
- Monsoonal imprint on late Quaternary landscapes of the Rub' al Khali Desert.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal variability of hydro-meteorological droughts over the Arabian Peninsula and associated mechanisms.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Ancient genomes illuminate Eastern Arabian population history and adaptation against malaria.Cell genomics · 2024Article
- A Bronze Age town in the Khaybar walled oasis: Debating early urbanization in Northwestern Arabia.PloS one · 2024Article
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- North African humid periods over the past 800,000 years.Nature communications · 2023Article
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- Cult, herding, and 'pilgrimage' in the Late Neolithic of north-west Arabia: Excavations at a mustatil east of AlUla.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the United Arab Emirates Reflects Endogamous and Consanguineous Culture, Population History, and Geography.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Unraveling a fine-scale high genetic heterogeneity and recent continental connections of an Arabian Peninsula population.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2022Article
- Multiple phases of human occupation in Southeast Arabia between 210,000 and 120,000 years ago.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Sex-Biased Population Admixture Mediated Subsistence Strategy Transition of Heishuiguo People in Han Dynasty Hexi Corridor.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Recent interdisciplinary archaeological and paleoenvironmental research in the Arabian peninsula is transforming our understanding of ancient human societies in their ecological contexts. Hypotheses about the cultural and demographic impacts of a series of droughts have primarily been developed from the environmental and archaeological records of southeastern Arabia. Here we examine these human-environment interactions by integrating ongoing research from northern Arabia. While droughts and extreme environmental variability in the Holocene had significant impacts on human societies, responses varied across space and time and included mobility at various scales, as well as diverse social, economic and cultural adaptations, such as the management of water resources, the introduction of pastoral lifeways, and the construction of diverse types of stone structures. The long-term story of human societies in Arabia is one of resilience in the face of climate change, yet future challenges include rising temperatures and flash flooding. The history of human responses to climatic and ecosystem changes in Arabia can provide important lessons for a planet facing catastrophic global warming and environmental change.
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