Jebel Faya 1 is an archaeological site near Al-Madam, Sharjah Emirate, UAE. It is the world's most ancient settlement yet discovered of anatomically modern humans outside of Africa. Paleolithic settlements Archaeologists found three different Paleolithic settlements which date from -125,000 years) to -34,000 years These indicate that early human groups were living around the Persian Gulf basin throughout the Late Pleistocene. Simon Armitage, Sabah A. Jasim, Anthony E Marks, Adrian G. Parker, Vitaly I. Usik and Hans-Peter Uerpmann (de) published findings on three assemblages of stone tool