Ancient climate records reveal a wetter Levant that may have guided early humans out of Africa

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Mar 18, 2026, 6:40 pm114 ptsTrending
For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But 127,000 years ago, this same weather pattern may have been the literal key to human history. A new study, led by Ph.D. student Efraim Bril, Prof. Adi Torfstein and Dr. Assaf Hochman from the…

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