Researchers have found evidence of a “lost” river that passed through the central Thar desert, near Bikaner, 172,000 years ago, and may have been a lifeline for human populations that allowed them to inhabit the region. The findings, published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, represent the oldest phase of …
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The findings, published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, represent the oldest phase of river activity directly dated at Nal Quarry in the central Thar Desert. Study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany, Anna University in Tamil Nadu, and IISER Kolkata …
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