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Stone and water governed early human settlement of the desert

Stone and water governed early human settlement of the desert

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Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11180-5A geoarchaeological survey of the Rub’ al Khali (the Empty Quarter of Arabia) and spatial modelling of the Arabian Peninsula suggest that human settlement tracked the co-occurrence of water and stone suitable for making tools, rather than water alone.

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