The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula
The Acheulean is the longest lasting cultural–technological tradition in human evolutionary history. However, considerable gaps remain in understanding the chronology and geographical distribution of Acheulean hominins. We present the first chronometrically dated Acheulean site from the Arabian Peni...
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| author | Scerri, EML Shipton, C Clark-Balzan, L Frouin, M Schwenninger, J-L Groucutt, HS Breeze, PS Parton, A Blinkhorn, J Drake, NA Jennings, R Cuthbertson, P Omari, AA Alsharekh, AM Petraglia, MD |
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| description | The Acheulean is the longest lasting cultural–technological tradition in human evolutionary history. However, considerable gaps remain in understanding the chronology and geographical distribution of Acheulean hominins. We present the first chronometrically dated Acheulean site from the Arabian Peninsula, a vast and poorly known region that forms more than half of Southwest Asia. Results show that Acheulean hominin occupation expanded along hydrological networks into the heart of Arabia from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 7 until at least ~190 ka ̶ the youngest documented Acheulean in Southwest Asia. The site of Saffaqah features Acheulean technology, characterized by large flakes, handaxes and cleavers, similar to Acheulean assemblages in Africa. These findings reveal a climatically-mediated later Acheulean expansion into a poorly known region, amplifying the documented diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour across the Old World and elaborating the terminal archaic landscape encountered by our species as they dispersed out of Africa. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ec265dee-61a8-4ebb-98c4-094b1009e6162022-03-27T11:15:24ZThe expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian PeninsulaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ec265dee-61a8-4ebb-98c4-094b1009e616EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer Nature2018Scerri, EMLShipton, CClark-Balzan, LFrouin, MSchwenninger, J-LGroucutt, HSBreeze, PSParton, ABlinkhorn, JDrake, NAJennings, RCuthbertson, POmari, AAAlsharekh, AMPetraglia, MDThe Acheulean is the longest lasting cultural–technological tradition in human evolutionary history. However, considerable gaps remain in understanding the chronology and geographical distribution of Acheulean hominins. We present the first chronometrically dated Acheulean site from the Arabian Peninsula, a vast and poorly known region that forms more than half of Southwest Asia. Results show that Acheulean hominin occupation expanded along hydrological networks into the heart of Arabia from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 7 until at least ~190 ka ̶ the youngest documented Acheulean in Southwest Asia. The site of Saffaqah features Acheulean technology, characterized by large flakes, handaxes and cleavers, similar to Acheulean assemblages in Africa. These findings reveal a climatically-mediated later Acheulean expansion into a poorly known region, amplifying the documented diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour across the Old World and elaborating the terminal archaic landscape encountered by our species as they dispersed out of Africa. |
| spellingShingle | Scerri, EML Shipton, C Clark-Balzan, L Frouin, M Schwenninger, J-L Groucutt, HS Breeze, PS Parton, A Blinkhorn, J Drake, NA Jennings, R Cuthbertson, P Omari, AA Alsharekh, AM Petraglia, MD The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title | The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title_full | The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title_fullStr | The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title_full_unstemmed | The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title_short | The expansion of later Acheulean hominins into the Arabian Peninsula |
| title_sort | expansion of later acheulean hominins into the arabian peninsula |
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