Societal transformations and resilience in Arabia across 12,000 years of climate change

(Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) Recent archaeological and paleoenvironmental research in the Arabian Peninsula shows a range of societal responses to a series of extreme climatic and environmental fluctuations over thousands of years. These responses include migration, increasing population mobility, the introduction of pastoral lifeways, the management of water resources, and the construction of diverse structures to aid survival. Present-day constraints mean that many of these options are not available to populations living in the region today.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news