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The Archaeology of Archaic and Early Modern Homo Sapiens: An African Perspective

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Philip Allsworth-Jones
Philip Allsworth-Jones
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McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research62 Sidney StreetCambridge CB2 3JW
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Whereas in Europe the transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic and the replacement of Neanderthal by anatomically modern humans appear to be synchronous events, in Africa this is not the case. Neanderthals as such were not present in Africa, and if the ‘Out of Africa’ model is correct, the ancestors of anatomically modern humans must have made their appearance in a Middle Stone Age context before 100,000 years ago. Subsequently, it seems that they coexisted with Neanderthals for up to 70,000 years in the Near East. If a direct biological correlation can be ruled out, the question arises: what was the impetus for an Upper Palaeolithic ‘revolution’ and why should it have taken place at all?

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , April 1993 , pp. 21 - 39
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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1993

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