The earliest human occupation of North Africa: a reply to<br />Sahnouni et al. (2002)
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Journal of Human Evolution, Journal of Human Evolution. 2004, vol. 46, p. 751-761
Elsevier
Résumé
Discussion de l'appartenance au subchron Olduvai pour le gisement de l'Ain Hanech proposée par Sahnouni et al. sur la base des éléments connus pour la longue séquence continue du Plio-pléistocène du Maroc atlantique (région ...Lire la suite >
Discussion de l'appartenance au subchron Olduvai pour le gisement de l'Ain Hanech proposée par Sahnouni et al. sur la base des éléments connus pour la longue séquence continue du Plio-pléistocène du Maroc atlantique (région de Rabat-Casablanca principalement).< Réduire
Résumé en anglais
In a series of papers, Sahnouni et al. (1996, 2002) and Sahnouni and de Heinzelin (1998) have reported the results of their renewed excavations at<br />the important Algerian localities of Ain Hanech and Ain Boucherit, ...Lire la suite >
In a series of papers, Sahnouni et al. (1996, 2002) and Sahnouni and de Heinzelin (1998) have reported the results of their renewed excavations at<br />the important Algerian localities of Ain Hanech and Ain Boucherit, first studied by Arambourg (e.g., Arambourg, 1970, 1979). According to the latest paper by Sahnouni and co-workers (Sahnouni et al., 2002), Ain Hanech would belong to the Olduvai subchron, dated to 1.77–1.95 Ma. This would make it by far the earliest North African site with evidence of hominid presence, and the time-equivalent of Olduvai Bed I, circum- KBS tuff levels at Koobi Fora, and Omo Shungura Member H. However, a review of the evidence put forward by Sahnouni et al. (2002) casts doubt on their conclusions. This evidence consists of 1) paleomagnetism, 2) biochronology, and 3) archaeology. They are discussed in this order below, preceded by a review of the more continuous Moroccan Atlantic sequence.< Réduire
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Morocco
Algeria
North Africa
Early Pleistocene
Early hominids
Occupation site
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