The timing and extent of palaeoenvironmental connections between northeast Africa, the
Levant and the Arabian Peninsula during the Middle and Late Pleistocene are critical to …

Mountain-front fans are an important part of the global sediment system, acting as buffers
and stores of sediment between upland sources and down-system sinks. Fans emanate …

Whilst an African origin of modern humans is well established, the timings and routes of their
expansions into Eurasia are the subject of heated debate, due to the scarcity of fossils and …

Aim The geological and palaeo‐climatic forces that produced the unique biodiversity in the
Red Sea are a subject of vigorous debate. Here, we review evidence for and against the …

Freshwater availability is critical for human survival, and in the Saharo-Arabian desert belt
repeated fluctuations between aridity and humidity over the Quaternary mean the …

Climate models are potentially useful tools for addressing human dispersals and
demographic change. The Arabian Peninsula is becoming increasingly significant in the …

Abstract The Empty Quarter (or Rub'al Khali) of the Arabian Peninsula is the largest
continuous sandy desert in the world. It has been known for several decades that Late …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula is situated at an important crossroads for the movement of
Pleistocene human populations out of, and into, Africa. Although the timings, routes and …

Despite its largely hyper-arid and inhospitable climate today, the Arabian Peninsula is
emerging as an important area for investigating Pleistocene hominin dispersals. Recently, a …

Drawing upon invasion biology and the latest archaeological, skeletal and environment
evidence, From Arabia to the Pacific documents the migration of humans into Asia, and …