Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan
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Resumo: | Recent discoveries constrain the presence of hominins in North Africa since ca. 2.4 Ma and in China since ca. 2.1 Ma, providing a new temporal framework for the earliest migration out of Africa. No Paleolithic sites of such age exist in the Levant, the natural corridor between Africa and Asia. The Dawqara Formation in the Zarqa Valley, Jordan, has been known since the early 1980s because of the presence of artifacts at different stratigraphic levels within its fluvial sediments, consisting of choppers, cores, and flakes. Although most of the artifacts display signs of transport, they bear unambiguous evidence of manufacture, and document hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley during the deposition of Dawqara Formation. Based on integrated chronology provided by paleomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and U-Pb dating methods, our study shows that the Dawqara Formation was deposited between 2.52 ± 0.01 Ma and the Matuyama–Olduvai geomagnetic reversal (1.95 Ma). By linear interpolation, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic levels within the Dawqara Formation have ages of ca. 2.48 Ma, 2.24 Ma, 2.16 Ma, 2.06 Ma, and 1.95 Ma, respectively, possibly documenting continuous hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley. These new ages for the Dawqara assemblage constrain the earliest hominin dispersal out of Africa to the beginning of the Pleistocene, and pre-date by ca. 300 kyr the hominin occupation of Chinese Loess Plateau. |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, JordanEarly PaleolithicEarly PleistoceneMiddle EastOldowanPaleomagnetismRadiogenic isotopesRecent discoveries constrain the presence of hominins in North Africa since ca. 2.4 Ma and in China since ca. 2.1 Ma, providing a new temporal framework for the earliest migration out of Africa. No Paleolithic sites of such age exist in the Levant, the natural corridor between Africa and Asia. The Dawqara Formation in the Zarqa Valley, Jordan, has been known since the early 1980s because of the presence of artifacts at different stratigraphic levels within its fluvial sediments, consisting of choppers, cores, and flakes. Although most of the artifacts display signs of transport, they bear unambiguous evidence of manufacture, and document hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley during the deposition of Dawqara Formation. Based on integrated chronology provided by paleomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and U-Pb dating methods, our study shows that the Dawqara Formation was deposited between 2.52 ± 0.01 Ma and the Matuyama–Olduvai geomagnetic reversal (1.95 Ma). By linear interpolation, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic levels within the Dawqara Formation have ages of ca. 2.48 Ma, 2.24 Ma, 2.16 Ma, 2.06 Ma, and 1.95 Ma, respectively, possibly documenting continuous hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley. These new ages for the Dawqara assemblage constrain the earliest hominin dispersal out of Africa to the beginning of the Pleistocene, and pre-date by ca. 300 kyr the hominin occupation of Chinese Loess Plateau.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Wenner-Gren FoundationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Instituto de Geociências e Ciências ExatasUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Departamento de AntropologiaIstituto Italiano di Paleontologia UmanaOregon State University Argon Geochronology LaboratoryGoethe-University Frankfurt Isotope & Element Research Center (FIERCE)Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Museu de Arqueologia e EtnologiaUniversidade de São Paulo (USP) Instituto de Estudos AvançadosUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Instituto de Geociências e Ciências ExatasFAPESP: 2013/22631-2FAPESP: 2016/04809-7CNPq: 302127/2015-1Wenner-Gren Foundation: 8991Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia UmanaArgon Geochronology LaboratoryFrankfurt Isotope & Element Research Center (FIERCE)Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]Parenti, FabioMiggins, Daniel P.Gerdes, AxelAraujo, Astolfo G.M.Neves, Walter A.2019-10-06T15:48:36Z2019-10-06T15:48:36Z2019-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1-19http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.007Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 219, p. 1-19.0277-3791http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18783210.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.0072-s2.0-85068449762Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengQuaternary Science Reviewsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-23T01:35:55Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/187832Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T13:59:20.672088Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Early Paleolithic Early Pleistocene Middle East Oldowan Paleomagnetism Radiogenic isotopes |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Chronologic constraints on hominin dispersal outside Africa since 2.48 Ma from the Zarqa Valley, Jordan |
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Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] |
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Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Parenti, Fabio Miggins, Daniel P. Gerdes, Axel Araujo, Astolfo G.M. Neves, Walter A. |
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Parenti, Fabio Miggins, Daniel P. Gerdes, Axel Araujo, Astolfo G.M. Neves, Walter A. |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana Argon Geochronology Laboratory Frankfurt Isotope & Element Research Center (FIERCE) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
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Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Parenti, Fabio Miggins, Daniel P. Gerdes, Axel Araujo, Astolfo G.M. Neves, Walter A. |
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Early Paleolithic Early Pleistocene Middle East Oldowan Paleomagnetism Radiogenic isotopes |
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Early Paleolithic Early Pleistocene Middle East Oldowan Paleomagnetism Radiogenic isotopes |
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Recent discoveries constrain the presence of hominins in North Africa since ca. 2.4 Ma and in China since ca. 2.1 Ma, providing a new temporal framework for the earliest migration out of Africa. No Paleolithic sites of such age exist in the Levant, the natural corridor between Africa and Asia. The Dawqara Formation in the Zarqa Valley, Jordan, has been known since the early 1980s because of the presence of artifacts at different stratigraphic levels within its fluvial sediments, consisting of choppers, cores, and flakes. Although most of the artifacts display signs of transport, they bear unambiguous evidence of manufacture, and document hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley during the deposition of Dawqara Formation. Based on integrated chronology provided by paleomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and U-Pb dating methods, our study shows that the Dawqara Formation was deposited between 2.52 ± 0.01 Ma and the Matuyama–Olduvai geomagnetic reversal (1.95 Ma). By linear interpolation, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic levels within the Dawqara Formation have ages of ca. 2.48 Ma, 2.24 Ma, 2.16 Ma, 2.06 Ma, and 1.95 Ma, respectively, possibly documenting continuous hominin presence in the Zarqa Valley. These new ages for the Dawqara assemblage constrain the earliest hominin dispersal out of Africa to the beginning of the Pleistocene, and pre-date by ca. 300 kyr the hominin occupation of Chinese Loess Plateau. |
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