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  Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal

Niang, K., Blinkhorn, J., Bateman, M. D., & Kiahtipes, C. A. (2023). Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal. Nature Ecology & Evolution, s41559-023-02046-4. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02046-4.

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Niang, Khady1, Author           
Blinkhorn, James1, Author           
Bateman, Mark D., Author
Kiahtipes, Christopher A., Author
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1Lise Meitner Pan-African Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society, ou_3033582              

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Free keywords: Archaeology, Palaeoecology
 Abstract: Middle Stone Age (MSA) technologies first appear in the archaeological records of northern, eastern and southern Africa during the Middle Pleistocene epoch. The absence of MSA sites from West Africa limits evaluation of shared behaviours across the continent during the late Middle Pleistocene and the diversity of subsequent regionalized trajectories. Here we present evidence for the late Middle Pleistocene MSA occupation of the West African littoral at Bargny, Senegal, dating to 150 thousand years ago. Palaeoecological evidence suggests that Bargny was a hydrological refugium during the MSA occupation, supporting estuarine conditions during Middle Pleistocene arid phases. The stone tool technology at Bargny presents characteristics widely shared across Africa in the late Middle Pleistocene but which remain uniquely stable in West Africa to the onset of the Holocene. We explore how the persistent habitability of West African environments, including mangroves, contributes to distinctly West African trajectories of behavioural stability.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023-05-04
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 14
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 Table of Contents: Results
- Stratigraphy
- Geochronology
- Palaeoecology
- Stone tool technology
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- Excavation
- Sedimentology
- Geochronology
- Palaeoecology
- Stone tools
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02046-4
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Title: Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Publ. Info: London : Nature Publishing Group
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: s41559-023-02046-4 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 2397-334X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2397-334X