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Abi Stone, Reader in Physical Geography, University of Manchester

African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea

The Narabeb site showing location of former lake. Abi Stone, Author provided

Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along “green corridors”.

The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention.

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