The models showed that during MIS 5, the Zagros Mountains, with their steep cliffs and verdant valleys, served as a crossroads where Neanderthals from the Palearctic region and modern humans ...

The Zagros Mountains were more than just a place where two species met. The region’s geography and climate played a significant role in facilitating the interaction.

The Miocene subsidence pattern of the NW Zagros foreland basin reflects the southeastward propagating tear of the Neotethys slab. Solid Earth, 2024; 15 (11): 1365 DOI: 10.5194/se-15-1365-2024 ...

Here’s how it works. Neanderthals (pictured here) and modern humans met — and potentially, interbred — in the Zagros Mountains, between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago.

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the ...

Mehdi Gavahyan was wandering Iran’s Zagros Mountains when he snapped a photo of a small spider crawling by. The local naturalist sent the photo to his friend, arachnologist Alireza Zamani. The ...

Archaeologists believe they may have found Natounia, an ancient military and religious complex in the Zagros Mountains dating to more than 2,000 years ago. Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project/Zenger ...

Summary of the analyses carried out in this study. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02501-z ...

Iraq: All Quiet in the Zagros Mountains 2 minute read TIME February 21, 1964 12:00 AM GMT-5 ...

Researchers report early evidence of goat domestication in Iran's Zagros Mountains. The initial domestication of several species, including goats, occurred in the Fertile Crescent during the ...