The Jebel Sahaba skeletons were excavated in the 1960s by American archaeologist Fred Wendorf.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia, a peer-reviewed Scientific Reports paper, CNN, and Ancient Origins, all consistently attributing the 1960s excavation to Fred Wendorf. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.95 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- The Skeletons of Jebel Sahaba - Archaeology Magazine (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89386-y (corroboration)
- https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/27/africa/violence-war-climate-jebel-sahaba-scn/index.html (corroboration)
- https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/jebel-sahaba-0015374 (corroboration)