A History of Agriculture in India v1.c16.22

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In the late Pleistocene, the bezoar extended south into Lebanon, where its remains were found in an upper Palaeolithic context in the Antelias Cave, near Beirut. This goat is a true bezoar. In addition, the bezoar was recorded from the cave called Mugharat-el-Wad on Mount Carmel in Palestine. As the specimen came from a disturbed deposit, its age could not be ascertained; it may have been Palaeolithic or Mesolithic. If Palaeolithic, this find would extend the area of the wild bezoar as far south as the mountains of Palestine. In addition, it was found in the Natufian cave of El Khiam in Israel (Vaufrey, 1951).³