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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by BeenAGoodUser on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:19PM (#35573555)
So modern humans knew a green Sahara? Amazing to think about! I thought that was much older.
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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by 8ytecoder on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:23PM (#35573585)
I was surprised to learn that as well. Apparently it’s a 20,000 year cycle.

https://news.mit.edu/2019/study-regulating-north-african-cli...

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Re:Project pushes back the hominid timeline in Africa by mor... by anonymouskimmer on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:01PM (#35573950)
I believe people have speculated that desertification is where the idea of the Garden of Eden (that humans were expelled from) may have come from.
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