Asselar man

Asselar man is a Neolithic (Later Stone Age) skeleton found at Adrar des Ifoghas, Mali,[1] which has been dated to between 9500 BP and 7000 BP, amid the early Holocene Wet Phase.

[3] Adrar des Ifoghas is a massif is located, near Essouk, in the Kidal Region of Mali.

The Asselar skeleton was discovered by Theodore Monod and Wladimir Besnard during an expedition in 1927.

[2] More recently, in the 1980s, geological dating from the Asselar site in the Saharan region of northern Mali has produced a date for the Asselar skeleton as being between 9500 BP and 7000 BP, amid the early Holocene Wet Phase.

[2] The Asselar skeleton was found near what, during the time of the African Humid Period, was likely a lake.