The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review
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Resumo: | Evidence of early Homo sapiens populations at the Atlantic coast of Africa remains relatively poorly known in relation to other regions of the continent. Nevertheless, available data across the continent provides a good starting point for current and future research investigations. The many sites known, documented and studied contribute in an increasingly way to the global understanding of the human emergence, including evidence of human evolutionary and technological advances, specific adaptations to diverse environments, the diffusion of Homo species and how humans interacted with each other from the “Early Stone Age (ESA)” through to the Middle Stone Age (MSA) from northern and southern Africa to the West. The differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast in regard to other regions might be attributed to a number of reasons including but not limited to the history of scientific interest, site formation processes or economic, institutional and political constraints. However, the region received a renewed attention and funds that, combined with new methods and techniques, has been allowing an increased training of new researchers and the acquisition of high-resolution archaeological, paleoenvironmental and chronological data. Together, these inputs will reduce the differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast and the Northern, Southern and Eastern Africa regions. The African Atlantic Coast represents more than 40% of the continent's perimeter, covering all Africa's climate zones, the hot arid environments, mountainous regions, and tropical rainforest could become relevant barriers for human mobility, but the shallow continental platform, and the great number of river basins allowed mobility between north and south coastal biomes into the continental interiors. These may have provided predictable patchy clusters of resources allowing human populations to thrive, enabling greater mobility and consequent diffusion of cultural traits, resources, and DNA. In this paper we review the record about the prehistory, paleoenvironments and paleoanthropological visibility and potentiality of Atlantic Africa. |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical reviewAfricaAtlantic coastMiddle Stone AgeArchaeological visibilityEvidence of early Homo sapiens populations at the Atlantic coast of Africa remains relatively poorly known in relation to other regions of the continent. Nevertheless, available data across the continent provides a good starting point for current and future research investigations. The many sites known, documented and studied contribute in an increasingly way to the global understanding of the human emergence, including evidence of human evolutionary and technological advances, specific adaptations to diverse environments, the diffusion of Homo species and how humans interacted with each other from the “Early Stone Age (ESA)” through to the Middle Stone Age (MSA) from northern and southern Africa to the West. The differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast in regard to other regions might be attributed to a number of reasons including but not limited to the history of scientific interest, site formation processes or economic, institutional and political constraints. However, the region received a renewed attention and funds that, combined with new methods and techniques, has been allowing an increased training of new researchers and the acquisition of high-resolution archaeological, paleoenvironmental and chronological data. Together, these inputs will reduce the differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast and the Northern, Southern and Eastern Africa regions. The African Atlantic Coast represents more than 40% of the continent's perimeter, covering all Africa's climate zones, the hot arid environments, mountainous regions, and tropical rainforest could become relevant barriers for human mobility, but the shallow continental platform, and the great number of river basins allowed mobility between north and south coastal biomes into the continental interiors. These may have provided predictable patchy clusters of resources allowing human populations to thrive, enabling greater mobility and consequent diffusion of cultural traits, resources, and DNA. In this paper we review the record about the prehistory, paleoenvironments and paleoanthropological visibility and potentiality of Atlantic Africa.Elsevier Masson SAS. A2023-11-20T12:55:02Z2023-11-01T00:00:00Z2023-11info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11144/6665enghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2023.103209Pereira, TelmoOosterbeek, LuizPleurdeau, DavidCamara, AbdoulayeBocoum, HamadyThiam, DjibrilAlabi, Raphael A.Kote, LassinaToubga, LassaneBenjamim, Maria HelenaNankela, Almade Matos, Danielainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-11T02:08:47Zoai:repositorio.ual.pt:11144/6665Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:31:37.604214Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review Pereira, Telmo Africa Atlantic coast Middle Stone Age Archaeological visibility |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review |
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Pereira, Telmo |
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Pereira, Telmo Oosterbeek, Luiz Pleurdeau, David Camara, Abdoulaye Bocoum, Hamady Thiam, Djibril Alabi, Raphael A. Kote, Lassina Toubga, Lassane Benjamim, Maria Helena Nankela, Alma de Matos, Daniela |
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Oosterbeek, Luiz Pleurdeau, David Camara, Abdoulaye Bocoum, Hamady Thiam, Djibril Alabi, Raphael A. Kote, Lassina Toubga, Lassane Benjamim, Maria Helena Nankela, Alma de Matos, Daniela |
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Pereira, Telmo Oosterbeek, Luiz Pleurdeau, David Camara, Abdoulaye Bocoum, Hamady Thiam, Djibril Alabi, Raphael A. Kote, Lassina Toubga, Lassane Benjamim, Maria Helena Nankela, Alma de Matos, Daniela |
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Africa Atlantic coast Middle Stone Age Archaeological visibility |
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Africa Atlantic coast Middle Stone Age Archaeological visibility |
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Evidence of early Homo sapiens populations at the Atlantic coast of Africa remains relatively poorly known in relation to other regions of the continent. Nevertheless, available data across the continent provides a good starting point for current and future research investigations. The many sites known, documented and studied contribute in an increasingly way to the global understanding of the human emergence, including evidence of human evolutionary and technological advances, specific adaptations to diverse environments, the diffusion of Homo species and how humans interacted with each other from the “Early Stone Age (ESA)” through to the Middle Stone Age (MSA) from northern and southern Africa to the West. The differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast in regard to other regions might be attributed to a number of reasons including but not limited to the history of scientific interest, site formation processes or economic, institutional and political constraints. However, the region received a renewed attention and funds that, combined with new methods and techniques, has been allowing an increased training of new researchers and the acquisition of high-resolution archaeological, paleoenvironmental and chronological data. Together, these inputs will reduce the differences of knowledge between the Atlantic coast and the Northern, Southern and Eastern Africa regions. The African Atlantic Coast represents more than 40% of the continent's perimeter, covering all Africa's climate zones, the hot arid environments, mountainous regions, and tropical rainforest could become relevant barriers for human mobility, but the shallow continental platform, and the great number of river basins allowed mobility between north and south coastal biomes into the continental interiors. These may have provided predictable patchy clusters of resources allowing human populations to thrive, enabling greater mobility and consequent diffusion of cultural traits, resources, and DNA. In this paper we review the record about the prehistory, paleoenvironments and paleoanthropological visibility and potentiality of Atlantic Africa. |
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