A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

(Paul Breeze/The Green Arabia Project) (CN) — One of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, the Saharo-Arabian Desert currently limits animal ... and turned the arid landscapes into savannahs, ...

The picture shows a cave in the north of Saudi Arabia. The Saharo-Arabian Desert experienced repeated wetter periods over the past eight million years. Wetter conditions favoured the exchange of ...

A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers ... The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers ...

Images and videos showing the dreamlike landscapes have surfaced on social media, showing how beads of ice covered large swathes of the sandy desert ... The Saudi Arabian meteorology center ...

An international team, including researchers from UNIGE, has revealed that the Arabian Peninsula’s desert was once home to a vast lake and rivers that shaped its landscape.

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on ... It is also known from the Sahara that it repeatedly turned green in the past. A new study published in the journal Nature ...