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Hominins and the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: evolution, culture and climate in Africa and Europe

Hominins and the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: evolution, culture and climate in Africa and Europe
Hominins and the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: evolution, culture and climate in Africa and Europe
http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.17 Some of the more important evidence is reviewed for the archaeology of hominin colonization associated with the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition. This is done by reference to the nature of migration ‘out of Africa’ before the interval of transition, across the transition itself, and then after it. Technologically assisted behaviour may not have been so important in the colonization process, behaviour and biology being the primary factors that led to the success of a migrating species. While climate change and especially shifts in local aridity would have been experienced and possibly remembered by localized hominin groups, the Acheulean behavioural repertoire did not change much across Africa and Europe over a million years of time. It merely adapted to local conditions. The Acheulean was a generalized hand-held processing technology for a generalized hominin.
1862391815
287-304
The Geological Society of London
McNabb, John
59e818b1-3196-4991-93eb-75ed9c898e71
Head, M.J.
Gibbard, P.L.
McNabb, John
59e818b1-3196-4991-93eb-75ed9c898e71
Head, M.J.
Gibbard, P.L.

McNabb, John (2005) Hominins and the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: evolution, culture and climate in Africa and Europe. In, Head, M.J. and Gibbard, P.L. (eds.) Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions: The Land-Ocean Evidence. (GSL Special Publications, 247) London, UK. The Geological Society of London, pp. 287-304. (doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.17).

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.17 Some of the more important evidence is reviewed for the archaeology of hominin colonization associated with the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition. This is done by reference to the nature of migration ‘out of Africa’ before the interval of transition, across the transition itself, and then after it. Technologically assisted behaviour may not have been so important in the colonization process, behaviour and biology being the primary factors that led to the success of a migrating species. While climate change and especially shifts in local aridity would have been experienced and possibly remembered by localized hominin groups, the Acheulean behavioural repertoire did not change much across Africa and Europe over a million years of time. It merely adapted to local conditions. The Acheulean was a generalized hand-held processing technology for a generalized hominin.

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Published date: 2005

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Local EPrints ID: 28791
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/28791
ISBN: 1862391815
PURE UUID: 532c20ac-6adc-47f2-aa80-b7fb7ed64b31
ORCID for John McNabb: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1841-4864

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Date deposited: 09 May 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:17

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Author: John McNabb ORCID iD
Editor: M.J. Head
Editor: P.L. Gibbard

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