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Searching for the year dot.(human evolution)
LONG, LONG AGO, before the Tampa incident, the Dismissal and even the First Fleet and Captain Cook, there was the Year Dot. After millennia of haze, that year has now been fairly confidently established as about 50,000 years ago. This was when the first modern humans crossed out of the East African Garden of Eden, across the Red Sea into Arabia and began their steady spread around the globe.
There were other candidates for the title before that, including the time 5 million years ago when the chimpanzees split off from the apes, 3.5 million years ago when human ancestors began splitting off from the chimps and 100,000 years ago when evolution at last produced ...
- First parting of Red Sea occurred 34 million years ago
- Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post AP November 29, 1995 700+ words
...length of what is now the Red Sea, geologists Gomaa I...When Moses parted the Red Sea 3,300 years ago "he didn't realize...Scientists had thought the Red Sea opened gradually from...occurring about five million years ago, Omar said. But Omar...
- Reviving the dream: the Red Sea city has tremendous potential, but unlocking it...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest Thompson, Richard June 23, 2006 700+ words
Sixty years ago, the Red Sea port of Jeddah covered little more than one square kilometre and was home to about 30,000 people. Today, Saudi Arabia's commercial...
- RED SEA'S PARTING SPARKS GEOLOGICAL RIFT.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 24, 1995 700+ words
...length of what is now the Red Sea, geologists Gomaa I...When Moses parted the Red Sea 3,300 years ago ``he didn't realize...Scientists had thought the Red Sea opened gradually from...occurring about 5 million years ago, Omar said. But Omar...
- Scientist dissects parting of Red Sea, finds perfect storm.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 23, 2004 700+ words
...winds and reefs common to the Red Sea, then developed a series of differential...double eclipse of Jupiter 2,000 years ago, based on his calculations gleaned...Moses miraculously parted the Red Sea. Some 3,500 years ago, the reef was much closer to...
- The Unifying of the Red Sea
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Larry Fox; Barbara Radin Fox October 15, 1995 700+ words
...it would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Eilat, the Israeli resort city on the Red Sea, will be the home port for Epirotiki Cruise...East and the development of tourism in the Red Sea region," said Uzi Michaeli, Israel's...
- Oldest human ancestor revealed; Lived 4.4 million years ago in Africa; A...
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) October 2, 2009 700+ words
...lived 7 million to 9 million years ago. Ardi isn't the last common...off from Africa millions of years ago. The breakup also produced the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Afar...roamed the earth 4.4 million years ago. (0410070551) Copyright...
- Africa's east coast netted ancient humans.(discovery is dated some 125,000...
- Magazine article from: Science News Bower, B. May 6, 2000 700+ words
...African coast of the Red Sea about 125,000 years ago, pushing back the...Africa by following the Red Sea coast into southern...straddles Eritrea's Red Sea shore. To assign a...000 and 100,000 years ago. Those discoveries...
- SANDS OF TIME ... ; Paula Fentiman combines the best of Egypt with a luxury...
- Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph October 10, 2009 700+ words
...exotic beaches of the Red Sea beyond. Built on...Hurghada just 11 years ago, the Egyptians planned...coming in across the Red Sea even on the hottest...starters, and the Red Sea afterwards. Flying...more than 3,000 years ago. Although the tourist...
Source: HighBeam Research, Searching for the year dot.(human evolution)