Jebel Faya (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلْفَايَة, romanized: Jabal Al-Fāyah; FAY-NE1) is an archaeological site and limestone hill[3] or escarpment near Al Madam in the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE, located about 50 km (31 mi) east of the city of Sharjah,[4] and between the shoreline of the Gulf and Al Hajar Mountains.[2] It contains tool assemblages from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, and Bronze Age. Because its deepest assemblage has been dated to 125,000 years ago, it was thought to be the world's most ancient settlement yet discovered of anatomically modern humans outside of Africa at the time of its discovery in 2011.[1] Finds of a yet earlier date (50,000 years) have since been found at Misliya cave in the Levant.[5][6][7]
The finds from excavations at Faya and surrounding digs are displayed at the Mleiha Archaeological Centre.
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^ abLeech, Nick (2015-05-28). "The long read: Out of Arabia, the story of early humanity". The National. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
^Archaeological sites: Rock shelter site at Jebel Faya, Art Destination Sharjah, retrieved 2020-01-30
^"Scientists discover oldest known modern human fossil outside of Africa: Analysis of fossil suggests Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
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JebelFaya (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلْفَايَة, romanized: Jabal Al-Fāyah; FAY-NE1) is an archaeological site and limestone hill or escarpment near Al Madam in the...
Jebel Jais (Arabic: جبل جيس, romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North-Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras...
incorporated into the Sheikh Zayed Network of Protected Areas in 2018. Jebel Hafeet has a hot desert climate (BWh) according to the Köppen climate classification...
to easily cross the sea and cross the Peninsula to opposing sites like JebelFaya. These early migrants running away from the climate change in Africa,...
surrounding areas (including Al Thuqeibah, JebelFaya, Al Madam and Jebel Buhais), particularly the important Faya North East find, which provides evidence...
Jabal Shams is the highest of the range, followed by Jebel Akhdar. The latter and the smaller Jebel Nakhl range are bounded on the east by the low Samail...
discovery of modern human made tools from about 125,000 years ago at JebelFaya, United Arab Emirates, in the Arabian Peninsula, may be from an even earlier...
Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams (Arabic: جَبَل شَمْس, lit. 'Mountain of Sun') is a mountain located in northeastern Oman north of the town of Al-Hamra. It...
in Al Dhaid, Al Thuqeibah, Mileiha, Tell Abraq, Muwailah, Al Madam and JebelFaya. Archaeological finds in the Mleiha area point to human habitation consistent...
drainage basin. The highest Mountain in Mussandam, and Ru'us al Jibal, is Jebel Harim. During winter, the region can be fairly cool, particularly the mountains...
history of the UAE dates back centuries with archaelogical sites, such as JebelFaya, indicating human presence as far back as 125,000 years ago. Evidence...
Arabia 150,000–130,000 years ago is based on the stone tools finds at JebelFaya dated to 127,000 years ago (discovered in 2011), although fossil evidence...
well as several kinds of scrapers and perforators, were excavated at the JebelFaya archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates. These tools resemble...
can be thought of as a narrow plateau, though the locals refer to it as a jebel ("mount"). Marshall Cavendish used the name "Tuwayr Mountains" to describe...
Bristly Ridge, Jebel Harf Tila and the Villages". Wikiloc - Trails of the World. Retrieved 2023-05-08. "Wadi Taween to Wadi Naqab via Jebel Harf Tila". Wikiloc...
in height. Not all mountains in the peninsula are visibly within ranges. Jebel Hafeet in particular, on the border of the UAE and Oman, measuring between...
three places, the apparent similarities between the stone tools found at JebelFaya, those from Jwalapuram and some from Africa suggest that their creators...
(25 June 2013). "The environmental context of Paleolithic settlement at JebelFaya, Emirate Sharjah, UAE". Quaternary International. 300: 83–93. Bibcode:2013QuInt...
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