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Humans Have Hung Out in Saudi Arabia’s Longest Lava Tube Over the Last 7,000 Years
Archaeologists found the first evidence of Human occupation in lava tubes
It seems to me that, likely without realizing it, we’ve embraced the same strategy as Nature to survive as a species. When Nature finds something that works, it repeats and diversifies it. Patterns are everywhere in nature — in every shape, form, and timeframe — and every living thing on Earth is subject to them. Nay, we require them for survival.
It seems that our species, perhaps more than most, has instilled the same strategy, which may be why we’ve achieved so much. Take the wheel, for example, one of our earliest inventions that we likely created after observing nature. We still utilize the wheel today and have only improved it over hundreds of thousands of years, maybe longer. Now, it seems we’re doing the same thing with lava tubes.
What’s a Lava Tube
Lava Tubes are just what you’d imagine — tubular caves formed by lava. During a volcanic eruption, lava flows from its underground chambers and creates passages. The surface, exposed to cooler elements, solidifies while hot molten rock flows beneath. As the eruption ends, the lava drains out, leaving behind a tunnel.
