The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula is a critical geographic landmass situated between Africa and the rest of Eurasia. Climatic shifts across the Pleistocene periodically produced wetter conditions in Arabia, dramatically altering the spatial distribution of hominins both within and between continents. T...

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Autores principales:	Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Marine Frouin, Paul S. Breeze, Simon J. Armitage, Ian Candy, Huw S. Groucutt, Nick Drake, Ash Parton, Tom S. White, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:11e8d54b95f0478b8d0b35ea0d09fc842021-12-02T15:54:59ZThe expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia10.1038/s41598-021-89489-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/11e8d54b95f0478b8d0b35ea0d09fc842021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89489-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The Arabian Peninsula is a critical geographic landmass situated between Africa and the rest of Eurasia. Climatic shifts across the Pleistocene periodically produced wetter conditions in Arabia, dramatically altering the spatial distribution of hominins both within and between continents. This is particularly true of Acheulean hominins, who appear to have been more tethered to water sources than Middle Palaeolithic hominins. However, until recently, chrono-cultural knowledge of the Acheulean of Arabia has been limited to one dated site, which indicated a hominin presence in Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 7–6. Here, we report the first dated Acheulean site from the Nefud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, together with palaeoecological evidence for an associated deep, probably fresh-water, lake. The site of An Nasim features varied and often finely flaked façonnage handaxes. Luminescence ages together with geomorphological and palaeoecological evidence indicates that the associated artefacts date to MIS 9. At present, An Nasim represents the oldest yet documented Acheulean sites in Arabia, and adds to a growing picture of regionally diverse stone tool assemblages used by Middle Pleistocene hominins, and likely indicative of repeated population re-entry into the peninsula in wet ‘Green Arabia’ phases.Eleanor M. L. ScerriMarine FrouinPaul S. BreezeSimon J. ArmitageIan CandyHuw S. GroucuttNick DrakeAsh PartonTom S. WhiteAbdullah M. AlsharekhMichael D. PetragliaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Eleanor M. L. Scerri Marine Frouin Paul S. Breeze Simon J. Armitage Ian Candy Huw S. Groucutt Nick Drake Ash Parton Tom S. White Abdullah M. Alsharekh Michael D. Petraglia The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
description	Abstract The Arabian Peninsula is a critical geographic landmass situated between Africa and the rest of Eurasia. Climatic shifts across the Pleistocene periodically produced wetter conditions in Arabia, dramatically altering the spatial distribution of hominins both within and between continents. This is particularly true of Acheulean hominins, who appear to have been more tethered to water sources than Middle Palaeolithic hominins. However, until recently, chrono-cultural knowledge of the Acheulean of Arabia has been limited to one dated site, which indicated a hominin presence in Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 7–6. Here, we report the first dated Acheulean site from the Nefud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, together with palaeoecological evidence for an associated deep, probably fresh-water, lake. The site of An Nasim features varied and often finely flaked façonnage handaxes. Luminescence ages together with geomorphological and palaeoecological evidence indicates that the associated artefacts date to MIS 9. At present, An Nasim represents the oldest yet documented Acheulean sites in Arabia, and adds to a growing picture of regionally diverse stone tool assemblages used by Middle Pleistocene hominins, and likely indicative of repeated population re-entry into the peninsula in wet ‘Green Arabia’ phases.
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author	Eleanor M. L. Scerri Marine Frouin Paul S. Breeze Simon J. Armitage Ian Candy Huw S. Groucutt Nick Drake Ash Parton Tom S. White Abdullah M. Alsharekh Michael D. Petraglia
author_facet	Eleanor M. L. Scerri Marine Frouin Paul S. Breeze Simon J. Armitage Ian Candy Huw S. Groucutt Nick Drake Ash Parton Tom S. White Abdullah M. Alsharekh Michael D. Petraglia
author_sort	Eleanor M. L. Scerri
title	The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
title_short	The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
title_full	The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
title_fullStr	The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia
title_sort	expansion of acheulean hominins into the nefud desert of arabia
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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url	https://doaj.org/article/11e8d54b95f0478b8d0b35ea0d09fc84
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The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia

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