Nefud Desert (Photo: CHARLES T.G.
CLARKE [CC BY-SA 4.0],via Wikimedia Commons)
What makes this finger so special?
The results were undeniablethe researchers had dug up a human finger fossil.
Nefud Desert (Photo: CHARLES T.G. CLARKE [CC BY-SA 4.0],via Wikimedia Commons)
Interestingly, environmental analysis showed that the area had once been an ancient grassland.
The Arabian Peninsula has long been considered to be far from the main stage of human evolution.
As fieldwork carries on, we continue to make remarkable discoveries in Saudi Arabia.
Photo: Ian Cartwright
Photo: Prof. Michael Petraglia
