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READING PASSAGE 1

A Stone Age archaeological site in the Arabian Peninsula has become the focus of a radical theory of how early humans made the long walk
from their evolutionary homeland of Africa to become a globally dispersed species. Scientists have found a set of stone tools buried beneath a
collapsed rock shelter in the barren hills of the United Arab Emirates that they believe were made about 125,000 years ago by people who had
migrated out of eastern Africa by crossing the Red Sea when sea levels were at a record low.

The age of the stone tools and the fact they appear to be like those made by anatomically modern humans living in eastern Africa suggests that
our species, Homo sapiens, left Africa between 30,000 and 55,000 years earlier than previously believed. This casts new light on how modern
humans eventually inhabited lands as far apart as Europe and Australia. Genetic evidence had suggested that modern humans made the main
migration from Africa between 60,000 and 70,000 years

ago, although there was always a possibility of earlier migrations that had not got much further than the Middle East. However, all these
movements were believed to have been made into the Middle East by people walking down the Nile Valley.

However, the stone tools unearthed at the Jebel Faya site about 50 kilometres from the Persian Gulf suggest another possible migratory route
across the Bab al-Mandab strait, a tract of open water which separates the Red Sea from the Arabian Ocean and the Horn of Africa from the
Arabian Peninsula. The scientists behind the study said that at the time of the migration, about 125,000 years ago, sea levels would have been low
enough for people to make the crossing on foot or with simple rafts or watercraft. They also suggest that the waterless Nejd plateau of southern
Arabia, which would have posed another barrier to migration, was in fact at that time covered in lakes.

"By 130,000 years ago, the sea level was still about 100 metres lower than at present while the Nejd plateau was already passable. There was a
brief period where modern humans may have been able to use the direct route from East Africa to Jebel Faya, said Professor Adrian Parker of
Oxford Brookes University, who was part of the research team. Once humans had crossed into southern Arabia, they would have enjoyed the
benefits of a land rich in wildlife and, with little competition, the migrant community could have quickly expanded to become an important
secondary centre for population growth, which later migrated across the Persian Gulf to India, and from there to the rest of Asia, the scientists
suggest.

‘Archaeology without ages is like a jigsaw with the interlocking edges removed - you have lots of individual pieces of information but you can't fit
them together to produce the big picture,' Dr Armitage said. 'At Jebel Faya, the ages reveal a fascinating picture in which modern humans
migrated out of Africa much earlier than previously thought, helped by global fluctuations in sea level and the climate change in the Arabian
Peninsula.

The stone 'tool kit' found at Jebel Faya includes relatively primitive hand axes and a collection of stone scrapers and perforators. The scientists
say the tools resemble artefacts found in eastern Africa and their primitive nature suggests that migration did not depend on the invention of
more complex tools. 'These anatomically modern humans, like you and me, had evolved in Africa about 200,000 years ago and subsequently
populated the rest of the world. Our findings should stimulate a re-evaluation of the means by which we modern humans became a global
species,' Dr Armitage said.

However, not all scientists are convinced. Paul Mellars of Cambridge University told Science: ‘Im totally unpersuaded. There's not a scrap of
evidence here that these were made by modern 6 humans, nor that they came from Africa.’

Câu hỏi 12

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Questions 1-6

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? Write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

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Question 1. According to Dr Armitage, determining the age of the 'fool kit' proves that there was earlier migration from Africa.

Question 2. Dr Armitage rejects traditional archaeological research methods.

Question 3. Changes in geography and weather patterns assisted migration out of Africa.

Question 4. The 'tool kit' found at Jebel Faya was unusually large.

Question 5. Dr Armitage said that migration relied on the invention of sophisticated tools.

Question 6. Paul Mellars believes the 'tool kit' originated in Africa.

Câu hỏi 13

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Questions 7-13

Complete the notes below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.

Stone tools rewrite history

The tools were:

• located in the United Arab Emirates under a fallen (7)

• about 125,000 years old

• made by migrants travelling overland due to low water levels

• produced by people from (8)

This research challenges previous theories by:

• suggesting early humans migrated earlier than previously believed

• disputing previous claims that humans left Africa do more than (9)

years ago

• questioning whether all people travelled along the (10) to their final destination

These new theories propose that:

• an alternative migratory route was used across the Bab al-Mandab strait

• people could cross by boat or (11)

• southern Arabia offered migrants opportunities to hunt for (12)

• migrants then moved on into India and some to other places in (13)

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