# Drake 2011: 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. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the linked lakes, rivers and inland…

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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.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1073/pnas.1012231108](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012231108)** Checked 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.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[In wet phases the Sahara's rivers, lakes and inland deltas joined into networks, last active in the early Holocene](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPAFVDAH9A/in-wet-phases-the-saharas-rivers-lakes-and-inland-deltas)

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

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## Cite it

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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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