The reasons why fossil tourism is so popular in Morocco

Morocco is one of the world’s most desirable travel destinations, visited mostly for its rich culture, beautiful architecture, and ancient history. Morocco’s arid, mountainous landscape is not just home to the nomadic Berber people, who are responsible for creating one of Morocco’s chief exports: carpets. It is also home to numerous fossil deposits, some of which date to the pre-Cambrian period.

If you are fascinated by geology, then Morocco should be at the top of your list of places to visit. This article will break down in great detail why fossil tourism is becoming so popular in Morocco today:

Where is Morocco?

Morocco is located in North Africa’s Maghreb region and sits beside the Mediterranean Sea. Morocco borders Algeria and the territory of Western Sahara. Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Berber. French is also widely spoken, due to France’s long occupation of Morocco.

Morocco has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic Era, which was over 90,000 years ago. Some researchers have even suggested that humans lived in Morocco earlier than that. They cite Homo sapiens fossils found in the Jebel Irhoud area, dating to 315,000 years ago, as their evidence for this. During the Upper Paleolithic area, the entire Maghreb area was much more fertile than it is now, making it the ideal location for human inhabitation. The chances of finding Homo sapiens fossils on your visit to Morocco are slim, however. It is possible to find trilobite fossils though, which we will address in greater detail later. One can also order these fossils directly from Morocco if travelling there is not possible at this current time.

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