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Wadi Bakht A long wadi along the south-eastern side of the Gilf Kebir. A large dune blocked the wadi near it's middle, forming an extensive lake behind the sand dam. Unlike Ard al Akhdar, the dune is still present, and the lakebed is uneroded, as if it were drained just a few weeks ago. The shores and lakebed are littered with the traces of the prehistoric inhabitants.
I guess they wrote travelogues.
The African origin of early modern humans is increasingly disputed. "News" like this just looks like desperation to hold on to a sacred old theory in danger of losing out to new discoveries.