Excavations unearth oldest inhabitant of Abu Dhabi

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the earliest known inhabitant of the emirate. The human skeleton was found placed on a stone platform, the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (Adias) announced yesterday.

The skeleton had been disturbed, perhaps because of the collapse of the stone walls and roof of the structure which housed it, its feet being found 2.5 metres from the rest of the body, the report said.