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Abstract
The authors propose a new model for the origins of humans and their ecological adaptation. The evolutionary stimulus lies not in the savannah but in broken, hilly rough country where the early hominins could hunt and hide. Such 'roughness; generated by tectonic and volcanic movement characterises not only the African rift valley but probably the whole route of early hominin dispersal.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 265-286 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 308 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2006 |
Bibliographical note
© Antiquity Publications Ltd 2006. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Antiquity. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.Keywords
- Africa
- Rift Valley
- human origins
- hominins
- H. erectus
- H. ergaster
- EARLY HUMAN OCCUPATION
- LAND-USE
- HOMINID DISPERSAL
- ACTIVE TECTONICS
- KOOBI-FORA
- AFRICA
- PLEISTOCENE
- KENYA
- STRATEGIES
- PLIOPLEISTOCENE
Projects
- 2 Finished
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DISPERSE: DISPERSE: Dynamic Landscapes, Coastal Environments and Human Dispersals
Bailey, G. (Principal investigator), King, G. (Co-investigator), Cooper Inglis, R. H. (Researcher), Devès, M. (Researcher), Hausmann, N. B. M. J. (Researcher), Meredith-Williams, M. G. (Researcher), Momber, G. L. (Researcher) & Winder, I. C. (Researcher)
1/04/11 → 31/10/16
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Africa-Eurasia Conn: Human Dispersal
Bailey, G. (Principal investigator)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
24/11/04 → 23/05/06
Project: Research project (funded) › Research