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Oldest Human Footprints in the Middle East Found in a Vanished Lake, Dating Back 115,000 Years
Northern Arabia’s windswept desert has revealed a moment frozen in deep time: seven remarkably preserved human footprints stamped into the floor of an ancient lake that vanished more than 100,000 years ago. According to a new study, these prints represent the earliest known evidence of human presence anywhere in the Middle East — a fleeting…
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First Traces from Anatolia to Europe: Stone Tools in Ayvalık Rewrite Human History
The coastal town of Ayvalık in western Turkey, long known for its scenic beauty, is now reshaping our understanding of human prehistory. A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology reveals that early humans may have crossed into Europe via a land corridor in Ayvalık during the Ice Age, altering one…