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Parts of the Arabian Peninsula have archeological sites dating back to over 200,000 years ago --and sites related to H. Sapiens Sapiens that are some 100,000 years old.
Explanation:
Trying to connect or assume the modern or historical inhabitants of most regions of the planet to the prehistoric inhabitants is usually a mistake. Today's Arab peoples of what is now Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen probably have no connection with the first human (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) inhabitants of the region. Almost all of the evidence going back to the Paleolithic beyond 40,000 years ago consists of stone artifacts, not human remains.
However, the migration of modern Humans out of Africa (an issue where the timeline is still hotly debated) leaves us with the implicit understanding that the distant ancestors to all of the humans of Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas would have travelled through the region between 90,000 and 60,000 years ago.
