Abu Hureyra Tag

Artist’s reconstruction of the airburst, moments before the blast hit Abu Hureyra itself (Comet Research Group, Jennifer Rice).

March 4, 2021

A Cosmic Impact and the Beginning of Farming at Abu Hureyra in Syria

March 2021 | Vol. 9.3 By Andrew M.T. Moore Towards the end of the last Ice Age a group of hunter-gatherers settled at Abu Hureyra in the Euphrates Valley in what is now Syria. The