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The Journey of Modern Humans from Africa to Europe [electronic resource] : Culture-Environmental Interaction and Mobility.

Litt, Thomas. (Author). Richter, Jürgen. (Added Author). Schäbitz, Frank. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 3510655354
ISBN: 9783510655359
Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
Publisher: Stuttgart : Schweizerbart, 2021.

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2.2 The palaeoenvironment of the southern Levant during the last interglacial- glacial cycle

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- The Authors -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 African Research -- 1.1 Millennial spaces have always structured the African continent -- 1.1.1 Genetics, archaeology and geography -- 1.1.2 The genetic narrative -- 1.1.3 The role of archaeology -- 1.1.4 The build of the African continent -- 1.1.5 Longstanding contexts -- 1.1.6 The centre of Africa, void of Pleistocene humans -- 1.1.7 The volatile bow around the centre -- 1.1.8 The self-sufficient subcontinent to the south -- 1.1.9 The patchy east -- 1.1.10 Sahara Desert and Nile Valley

1.1.11 Remote margins: Atlas Mountains, Niger Inland Delta, Namib desert: oblivion and loss -- 1.2 Palaeoanthropological background -- 1.2.1 Early hominins -- 1.2.2 Origin of Homo and first expansions out of Africa -- 1.2.3 Archaic Homo sapiens in Africa -- 1.2.4 Anatomically modern humans -- 1.2.5 Biocultural evolution of Homo sapiens -- 1.3 Ethiopian lakes as paleoenvironmental and palaeoclimate archives -- 1.3.1 Regional setting of the Chew Bahir basin -- 1.3.2 Materials and Methods used for the analysis of the Chew Bahir record -- 1.3.3 Palaeoecological results based on the Chew Bahir record

1.3.4 Conclusion from a palaeoecological point of view -- 1.4 The role of tropical highlands in the dispersal of Homo sapiens -- 1.4.1 Introduction -- 1.4.2 Environmental background -- 1.4.3 The Middle Stone Age archaeological record -- 1.4.4 The earliest evidence of high-altitude occupation -- 1.4.5 The influence of climate in the dispersal of Homo sapiens from Africa -- 1.4.6 Conclusion -- 1.5 Ephemeral but not remote -- Insights into the Late Pleistocene of North-East Africa -- 1.5.1 Introduction -- 1.5.2 Regional context -- 1.5.3 Environmental and climatological setting

1.5.4 Late Pleistocene record from Sodmein Cave -- 1.5.5 Open-air sites in Sodmein area and Wadi Qena area -- 1.5.6 Reconstructing the Late Pleistocene environment of the Eastern Desert -- 1.5.7 Re-occupation model of the Sahara after the hyper-arid Pleistocene -- 1.5.8 Conclusion -- 1.6 Hunter-gatherer mobility: Anthropological models of the first African frontier -- 1.6.1 Introduction -- 1.6.2 Frontiers of rationalism and colonial expansionism -- 1.6.3 The internal African frontier and the first African frontier -- 1.6.4 Fission and fusion pattern

1.6.5 The effects of nested developmental cycles -- 1.6.6 The Changing Composition Group Model -- 1.6.7 Modelling marriage rules -- 1.6.8 Conclusion -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 References -- Chapter 2 Middle East/Levant -- 2.1 The southern Levant as migration corridor and barrier -- 2.1.1 Physiographic and geologic settings -- 2.1.2 Climate -- 2.1.3 Present-day vegetation -- 2.1.4 Vegetation history: Dry or wet glacial in the Levant? -- 2.1.5 Lake-level history: increased glacial wetness or decreased evaporation?