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@Oliver Schick
I wonder mainly about what ancient unsustainable agricultural practices (lack of crop rotation, overgrazing) may have contributed to soil erosion. Obviously, where areas used to be inhabited much more densely, desertification may well have happened entirely without any significant human role.