Lebanon: 400,000 years of climate and landscape history rediscovered

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What happened

An international research team led by Dr.

Gabriele Russo of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has re-examined historical fossil collections from Lebanon using modern methodology.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:20:15 UTC.

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