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The #MiddleStoneAge in #Namibia's desert. The Namib Sand Sea, a hyperarid landscape of towering dunes, once held a small freshwater lake fed by an ancient river and surrounded by a rich record of stone tools from the #African MSA.

'Our results show that the lake was present at Narabeb at some point between 231,000 ± 20,000 and 223,000 ± 19,000 years ago and again about 135,000 ± 11,000 years ago.'

#archaeology #humanevolution #southernAfrica

https://theconversation.com/african-archaeology-has-neglected-namibias-deserts-but-scientists-now-know-when-an-ancient-lake-supported-human-life-in-the-namib-sand-sea-233679