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Thousands of years ago, people lived in a massive lava tube

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The Umm Jirsan lava tube system (Picture: Palaeodeserts Project, CC-BY 4.0) Early herdsmen were using a volcanic lava tube to shelter from fierce desert sun at least 7,000 years ago, new research reveals. Lava tubes are caves left behind by underground lava flows – at one time, a river of lava rather through the rock, but as it drained away, it left a huge tunnel behind. The bones, etchings and other artefacts discovered in the tube in what is n…

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Thousands of years ago, people lived in a massive lava tube

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Humans Sheltered in This Lava Tube for Thousands of Years

Three needs are famously fundamental to survival: food, water, and shelter. According to new research, ancient humans had at least two of those three needs met by a nearly mile-long lava tube about 77 miles (125 kilometers) north of Medina, Saudi Arabia, for at least 7,000 years.Read more...

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