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> the time of the statues’ creation, around the sixth millennium B.C.E., the Arabian Peninsula was filled with grassland and much wetter than it is now. We’re
by shusaku 5y ago
> the time of the statues’ creation, around the sixth millennium B.C.E., the Arabian Peninsula was filled with grassland and much wetter than it is now.
We’re camels significantly different during this time? How much of their current features are things evolved to deal with the desert climate?
- betwixthewires 5y agoThey were very much like they are now, not different physiology in any recognizable way. But they're very adaptable creatures. They're not truly native to that region, they are actually from North America, specifically the northern latitudes. That should give you an idea of how adaptable they are.
- valarauko 5y ago> They're not truly native to that region, they are actually from North America, specifically the northern latitudes. These Dromedary camels, Camelus dromedarius, are very much native to the region. The Dromedary likely evolved right in the Arabian peninsula, having separated from the Bactrian of Central Asia more than a million years ago. The North American ancestor, Paracamelus, arrived in Eurasia maybe 7.5 million years ago. While North America is the home of the last common ancestor of modern camelids, it is not the native home of any modern camels.
- mkoubaa 5y agoI'm pretty sure camels don't need a dry desert to survive