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Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age
Ist Teil von
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018-04, Vol.360 (6384), p.90-94
Ort / Verlag
United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Previous research suggests that the complex symbolic, technological, and socio-economic behaviors that typify
had roots in the middle Pleistocene <200 ka, but data bearing on human behavioral origins are limited. We present a series of excavated Middle Stone Age sites from the Olorgesailie Basin, southern Kenya, dated ≥295 to ~320 ka by
Ar/
Ar and U-Series methods. Hominins at these sites made prepared cores and points, exploited iron-rich rocks to obtain red pigment, and procured stone tool materials from ≥25-50 km distance. Associated fauna suggests a broad resource strategy that included large and small prey. These practices imply significant changes in how individuals and groups related to the landscape and one another, and provide documentation relevant to human social and cognitive evolution.