Talk:Saudi Arabia: Difference between revisions

::The reference is to ''Out of Africa I: The First Hominin Colonization of Eurasia'', the title of which suggests there are some grounds for the claim of our article. I would, however, want that checked, as the actual claims in the cited article may be more modest – and I'd be surprised if they aren't. –[[User:LPfi|LPfi]] ([[User talk:LPfi|talk]]) 09:05, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

:::Firstly, on the "some of the earliest traces of human activity in the world" claim - that should be about the earliest evidence of homo sapiens ''outside of Africa'', not worldwide. There needs to be a more general statement that there is growing evidence that the Arabian peninsular was the earliest known route for the Out of Africa migration. And yes, I've checked the "hominin" article and in it they are discussing Homo but for some reason the authors use the term hominin. But it's essentially the same point about the earliest evidence for Out of Africa migration by humans. Here's the ''National Geographic'' article[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saudi-arabia-finger-human-migration-homo#:~:text=88%2C000%2DYear%2DOld%20Finger%20Bone,Africa%20until%2060%2C000%20years%20ago.&text=More%20than%2085%2C000%20years%20ago,sandy%20expanse%20people%20see%20today] which is derived form [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0518-2 this article] from ''Nature Ecology & Evolution'' and which was better described in [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/09/finger-fossil-shows-humans-went-east-of-africa-earlier-than-thought this article] in ''The Guardian''. [[User:DeCausa|DeCausa]] ([[User talk:DeCausa|talk]]) 21:09, 1 November 2023 (UTC)