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Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert

Nick A. Drake, Roger M. Blench, Simon J. Armitage et al., 2011. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(2): 458-462.

Maps the Sahara's former rivers, lakes and inland deltas. In humid periods they formed linked networks that animals and people could follow across the desert; they were last active in the early Holocene.

MYS0DCKKMWKKKPC · mystery · click to copyMEye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary sourceArticledoi: 10.1073/pnas.1012231108Checked against the original0

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Cited for the linked lakes, rivers and inland deltas of the Holocene humid period, last active in the early Holocene.

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Drake, N. A., Blench, R. M., Armitage, S. J., Bristow, C. S., & White, K. H. (2011). Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(2), 458-462. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012231108
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