Apparently Archaeological findings have proven that as far back as in the Paleolithic era, man inhabited the Nile and the Tigris-Euphrates area!. Others have traced life back to the middle East on its African periphery!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well, if it is the earliest traces of mankind, then the earlist Archaeological finds of Human, or human linked skeletons and fossils have been found in what is now Ethiopia and Tanzania!. There is also evidence from China, Central Asia and Indonesia of very early man!. If you are talking about the earlist Civilisation, then that is undoubtedly Mesopotamia, followed by Egypt and Asia Minor!. From 3300BC The Sumerians of Mesopotamia invented Writing, Mathematics, The Wheel, Beer, Schools, Astronomy, Advanced Farming and Medicine,First Advanced City States, The Calendar, all before the Egyptians, and the Assyrians and Babylonians who absorbed them carried this on further!. Even before the invention of writing, it is fairly clear from Archaeology, that the people living in The Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia were in advance of the rest of Mankind from as far back as around 8000BC!. The descendants of the Ancient Mesopotamians STILL EXIST in modern Iraq, they are the Aramaic speaking Assyrian Christians, a 5% minority in Iraq!. RE ARABIA - Arabia had little to do with early man, and also little to do with early civilisation!. At the time of the Great Civilisations such as Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Aramea, Canaan/Phoenicia, Hittites etc there were no Arabs in the areas these people inhabited!.!.Arabs actually only arrived as a majority in places like Iraq, Syria,Egypt, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco in the 7th Century AD!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Human life originated in Africa!. If I'm not mistaken, the archaeological evidence you are speaking about corresponds to the mid/upper-paleolithic!. There IS evidence of the presence of man at an early age in the North of Africa and the Middle East (check the Turkana boy, for instance), but the earliest (by a difference of more than 3 million years) -and the origins- are in Africa (the Rift Valley, as many mentioned before)!. There is still much to research, but all of the lines of enquiry to support this theory point strongly to Africa!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Human life originated in the Garden of Eden!. Some archeologists and theologians believe it was located in what is now Egypt due to hints such as the passage in Genesis that refers to the rivers that flowed out of the Garden!. Among them are the Tigris and Euphrates which still exist today!. Both of those are located in northern Africa in what was once the Egyptian empire!. Present day Egypt is smaller than it used to be!. The empire ranged across much of northern Africa and spilled into the Middle East a bit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The earliest finds of human presence [that is, something that was sophisticated enough to build a fire] are traces of a camp in Namibia [apparently]!. They also found a spot where somebody had scratched a rudimentary pattern parallel horizontal lines crossed by parallel vertical lines, as if someone was doodling!. Good question!Www@QuestionHome@Com it's called the fertile crescent!.!.!. from the nile in egypt, trace a line up throught israel and the holy land to the top of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, down to the Persian Gulf!. these two centers of civilization (egypt and mesopotamia) were connected by highways that went through Isreal, because Israel is the only land that connects Eurasia and AfricaWww@QuestionHome@Com The oldest hominid fossils are found in Central Africa!. Nothing older exists in any other part of the world!. The oldest example of Homo Sapien is actually found in a cave in the Cape province in South Africa!. Most archaeologists and anthropologists agree that human beings originated in Africa and then spread out across the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Saw a wonderful show on the Discovery or PBS channel on this subject!. The team of scientists traced DNA back to Africa and from doing DNA tests they determined that man went north & east towards the Arabian peninsula & onwards hugging the coastline to Russia & China; while others headed north towards southern Europe, Turkey, etc!. It was so interesting because of the DNA connectionsWww@QuestionHome@Com According to archaeological finds, human life started in Ethiopia!. According to the Bible, human life started in Mesopotamia!. (The land between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers)!. Neither of these areas could be considered as Arabia!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Human life originated in Africa because one based on Carbon 14 Dating the oldest human bones and remains were found in Africa!. also based on the bible the Garden of Eden was located in Ethiopia which is a country in AfricaWww@QuestionHome@Com Arabia was never mentioned in the quest for early man!. In fact, man migrated out of Africa into Arabia, or through Arabia!. The Tigris-Euphrates area was known as the fertile crescent that was settled by man, one of the first settlements!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Trying to put life down to islam are you, sorry but it came from Africa!. i don't just look at the question, i also look at who's asking as too many people try to make political points!.Www@QuestionHome@Com See the site below, it's brilliant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Great Rift Valley in Ethopia!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.This is where the oldest human remains have been found, it`s very well documented!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Just because the oldest remains were found there, doesnt mean human life started there!. It's more likely it was spread out across the world, rather then pin-pointing it to one place!. XDWww@QuestionHome@Com africa, but now some think north pole, as fossles have been found that have never been seen, and is so secret that we the public wont ever seeWww@QuestionHome@Com not on this earth , no link , no proofWww@QuestionHome@Com Our species arose in Africa!. Certainly not in Arabia!.Www@QuestionHome@Com africaWww@QuestionHome@Com China!.Www@QuestionHome@Com From what I understand it was in the region of what is now EthiopiaWww@QuestionHome@Com |