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Re:Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than... by 8note on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:41PM (#28567613)
Why not both? More lush by the rivers, and still arid away from water.

But they could still only have camels as their pack animals, since that's all they'd domesticated. It's not like camels will die in non-arid locations

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Re:Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than... by cmrdporcupine on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:40AM (#28574654)
The camel in the region (dromedary) was not domesticated until about ~2000BCE. Long after agriculture, and long after this sculpture.

Likely the animal was venerated as a meat source.

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