Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
Abstract The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural phase. Although the MSA to Later Stone Age (LSA) transition is known to have had a degree of spatial and temporal variability, rece...
Main Authors: | Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Khady Niang, Ian Candy, James Blinkhorn, William Mills, Jacopo N. Cerasoni, Mark D. Bateman, Alison Crowther, Huw S. Groucutt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-01-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79418-4 |
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