Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania)
The Early Pleistocene (2.58–0.78 Ma) was a period of major evolutionary changes in the hominin lineage. The progressive consolidation of bipedal locomotion, alongside increases in cranial capacity and behavioural flexibility, allowed early Homo to exploit an increasing diversity of resources and env...
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| description | The Early Pleistocene (2.58–0.78 Ma) was a period of major evolutionary changes in the hominin lineage. The progressive consolidation of bipedal locomotion, alongside increases in cranial capacity and behavioural flexibility, allowed early Homo to exploit an increasing diversity of resources and environmental settings within the changing landscapes of East Africa and beyond. These complex processes were not necessarily linear or spatially uniform, given the technological diversity documented, particularly during the Oldowan–Acheulean transition. In this paper, we argue that human populations experienced a considerable demographic expansion from c.1.7–1.5 Ma onwards, expressed in the number, size, density, and distribution of archaeological sites. These patterns resulted from the interplay of high-yielding animal resource exploitation strategies, technological investment, prosocial behaviours as well as increasingly structured land use patterns. A more consolidated hominin demographic structure led to the extinction of large sympatric carnivore species, while larger group sizes would have led to more successful Out-of-Africa dispersals. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e9e4cb49-9a9f-4bb0-814f-b15c2f0a42c12024-02-26T14:26:19ZSpatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania)Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e9e4cb49-9a9f-4bb0-814f-b15c2f0a42c1EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2022Linares-Matás, GJThe Early Pleistocene (2.58–0.78 Ma) was a period of major evolutionary changes in the hominin lineage. The progressive consolidation of bipedal locomotion, alongside increases in cranial capacity and behavioural flexibility, allowed early Homo to exploit an increasing diversity of resources and environmental settings within the changing landscapes of East Africa and beyond. These complex processes were not necessarily linear or spatially uniform, given the technological diversity documented, particularly during the Oldowan–Acheulean transition. In this paper, we argue that human populations experienced a considerable demographic expansion from c.1.7–1.5 Ma onwards, expressed in the number, size, density, and distribution of archaeological sites. These patterns resulted from the interplay of high-yielding animal resource exploitation strategies, technological investment, prosocial behaviours as well as increasingly structured land use patterns. A more consolidated hominin demographic structure led to the extinction of large sympatric carnivore species, while larger group sizes would have led to more successful Out-of-Africa dispersals. |
| spellingShingle | Linares-Matás, GJ Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title | Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title_full | Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title_fullStr | Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title_short | Spatial organization and socio-economic differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania) |
| title_sort | spatial organization and socio economic differentiation at the dhar tichitt center of dakhlet el atrouss i southeastern mauritania |
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