Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene

Abstract The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural phase. Although the MSA to Later Stone Age (LSA) transition is known to have had a degree of spatial and temporal variability, rece...

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Autores principales:	Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Khady Niang, Ian Candy, James Blinkhorn, William Mills, Jacopo N. Cerasoni, Mark D. Bateman, Alison Crowther, Huw S. Groucutt
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:39da456758ec411998507a176519a37f2021-12-02T15:23:03ZContinuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene10.1038/s41598-020-79418-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/39da456758ec411998507a176519a37f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79418-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural phase. Although the MSA to Later Stone Age (LSA) transition is known to have had a degree of spatial and temporal variability, recent studies have implied that in some regions, the MSA persisted well beyond 30 ka. Here we report two new sites in Senegal that date the end of the MSA to around 11 ka, the youngest yet documented MSA in Africa. This shows that this cultural phase persisted into the Holocene. These results highlight significant spatial and temporal cultural variability in the African Late Pleistocene, consistent with genomic and palaeoanthropological hypotheses that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.Eleanor M. L. ScerriKhady NiangIan CandyJames BlinkhornWilliam MillsJacopo N. CerasoniMark D. BatemanAlison CrowtherHuw S. GroucuttNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Eleanor M. L. Scerri Khady Niang Ian Candy James Blinkhorn William Mills Jacopo N. Cerasoni Mark D. Bateman Alison Crowther Huw S. Groucutt Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
description	Abstract The African Middle Stone Age (MSA, typically considered to span ca. 300–30 thousand years ago [ka]), represents our species’ first and longest lasting cultural phase. Although the MSA to Later Stone Age (LSA) transition is known to have had a degree of spatial and temporal variability, recent studies have implied that in some regions, the MSA persisted well beyond 30 ka. Here we report two new sites in Senegal that date the end of the MSA to around 11 ka, the youngest yet documented MSA in Africa. This shows that this cultural phase persisted into the Holocene. These results highlight significant spatial and temporal cultural variability in the African Late Pleistocene, consistent with genomic and palaeoanthropological hypotheses that significant, long-standing inter-group cultural differences shaped the later stages of human evolution in Africa.
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author	Eleanor M. L. Scerri Khady Niang Ian Candy James Blinkhorn William Mills Jacopo N. Cerasoni Mark D. Bateman Alison Crowther Huw S. Groucutt
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title	Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
title_short	Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
title_full	Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
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title_full_unstemmed	Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene

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