Stone-Age Skeletons Found In Sahara Desert
Archaeologists have uncovered 20 Stone-Age skeletons in and around a rock shelter in Libya's Sahara desert, according to a new study. The skeletons date between 8,000 and 4,200 years ago, meaning the burial place was used for millennia.
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Archaeologists uncovered 20 Stone Age skeletons in the Sahara
Desert. The burials spanned thousands of years, suggesting the place was
a persistent cemetery for the local people.
The skeletons were mainly buried between 7,300 and 5,600 years ago,
when the region was wetter and cow herding was common. Credit: Mary Ann
Tafuri