78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest.

Shipton, Ceri; Roberts, Patrick; Archer, Will; Armitage, Simon J; Bita, Caesar; Blinkhorn, James; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin; Crowther, Alison; Curtis, Richard; Errico, Francesco d'; Douka, Katerina; Faulkner, Patrick; Groucutt, Huw S; Helm, Richard; Herries, Andy I R; Jembe, Severinus; Kourampas, Nikos; Lee-Thorp, Julia; Marchant, Rob; Mercader, Julio; Marti, Africa Pitarch; Prendergast, Mary E; Rowson, Ben; Tengeza, Amini; Tibesasa, Ruth; White, Tom S; Petraglia, Michael D; Boivin, Nicole

Shipton, Ceri; Roberts, Patrick; Archer, Will; Armitage, Simon J; Bita, Caesar; Blinkhorn, James; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin; Crowther, Alison; Curtis, Richard; Errico, Francesco d'; Douka, Katerina; Faulkner, Patrick; Groucutt, Huw S; Helm, Richard; Herries, Andy I R; Jembe, Severinus; Kourampas, Nikos; Lee-Thorp, Julia; Marchant, Rob; Mercader, Julio; Marti, Africa Pitarch; Prendergast, Mary E; Rowson, Ben; Tengeza, Amini; Tibesasa, Ruth; White, Tom S; Petraglia, Michael D; Boivin, Nicole.

Afiliação

Shipton C; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK. ceri.shipton@anu.edu.au.
Roberts P; British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi, Kenya. ceri.shipton@anu.edu.au.
Archer W; Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. ceri.shipton@anu.edu.au.
Armitage SJ; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany. roberts@shh.mpg.de.
Bita C; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Pl. 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.
Blinkhorn J; Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Western Cape, South Africa.
Courtney-Mustaphi C; Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 OEX, UK.
Crowther A; SSF Centre for Early Sapiens Behavior (SapienCe), University of Bergen, Øysteinsgate 3, Postboks 7805, Bergen, 5020, Norway.
Curtis R; Malindi Museum, National Museums of Kenya, Malindi, Kenya.
Errico F; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany.
Douka K; Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, 12-14 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 7WZ, UK.
Faulkner P; Department Environment, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5NG, UK.
Groucutt HS; British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Helm R; School of Social Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Herries AIR; Department of Archaeology and History, The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Palaeoscience Labs, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Jembe S; SSF Centre for Early Sapiens Behavior (SapienCe), University of Bergen, Øysteinsgate 3, Postboks 7805, Bergen, 5020, Norway.
Kourampas N; UMR 5199 PACEA, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bâtiment B18, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, CS, 50023 - 33615, PESSAC CEDEX, France.
Lee-Thorp J; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany.
Marchant R; Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK.
Mercader J; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Marti AP; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany.
Prendergast ME; School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PG, UK.
Rowson B; Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 92A Broad Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2LU, UK.
Tengeza A; Department of Archaeology and History, The Australian Archaeomagnetism Laboratory, Palaeoscience Labs, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Tibesasa R; Coastal Forests Conservation Unit, National Museums of Kenya, Kilifi, Kenya.
White TS; Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh, Paterson's Land, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ, Scotland, UK.
Petraglia MD; Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
Boivin N; School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PG, UK.

Nat Commun ; 9(1): 1832, 2018 05 09.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29743572

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The Middle to Later Stone Age transition in Africa has been debated as a significant shift in human technological, cultural, and cognitive evolution. However, the majority of research on this transition is currently focused on southern Africa due to a lack of long-term, stratified sites across much of the African continent. Here, we report a 78,000-year-long archeological record from Panga ya Saidi, a cave in the humid coastal forest of Kenya. Following a shift in toolkits ~67,000 years ago, novel symbolic and technological behaviors assemble in a non-unilinear manner. Against a backdrop of a persistent tropical forest-grassland ecotone, localized innovations better characterize the Late Pleistocene of this part of East Africa than alternative emphases on dramatic revolutions or migrations.

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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Nat Commun Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIA Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Reino Unido

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