Because of his interest in caves , he studied geology as well as archeology , and this is why he could immediately identify g bekli tepe as a man-made rather than a natural formation .
Birmingham had announced six weeks ago that single honours archeology would no longer be offered because ' it has proved unable to attract sufficient applicants of the appropriate quality ' .
The findings of professor avi gopher and dr ran barkai of the institute of archeology at tel aviv university , published last week in the american journal of physical anthropology , suggest that modern man did not originate in africa as previously believed , but in the middle east .