Geologists: Plentiful fresh water in Eilat region helped Homo sapiens to spread out from Africa

Prof. Boaz Lazar of the Earth Sciences Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Moti Stein of the Israel Geological Survey recently published their findings in the journal 'Geology.'

Geologists are used to studying rock layers in the depths of the earth, but in a recent study conducted in the Eilat Bay region, Israeli researchers uncovered findings that shed new light on humanity's development. According to these new findings, more than 100,000 years ago there were fresh water sources in the Eilat Bay region, which apparently helped modern man (Homo sapiens ) to migrate across this arid region in the direction of Asia and Europe.

Prof. Boaz Lazar of the Earth Sciences Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Moti Stein of the Israel Geological Survey carried out a study in the area south of the Jordanian city of Aqaba. There they examined the changes that took place in a coral reef that was lifted above sea level and transformed into a fossil reef. They recently published their findings in the journal "Geology."

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