DATING AND CONTEXT OF 3 MIDDLE STONE-AGE SITES WITH BONE POINTS IN THE UPPER SEMLIKI VALLEY, ZAIRE

被引:139
作者
BROOKS, AS
HELGREN, DM
CRAMER, JS
FRANKLIN, A
HORNYAK, W
KEATING, JM
KLEIN, RG
RINK, WJ
SCHWARCZ, H
SMITH, JNL
STEWART, K
TODD, NE
VERNIERS, J
YELLEN, JE
机构
[1] SAN JOSE STATE UNIV, DEPT GEOG & ENVIRONM STUDIES, SAN JOSE, CA 95192 USA
[2] HARVARD UNIV, DEPT ANTHROPOL, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 USA
[3] UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[4] STANFORD UNIV, DEPT ANTHROPOL, PALO ALTO, CA 94305 USA
[5] MCMASTER UNIV, DEPT GEOL, HAMILTON, ON L8S 4M1, CANADA
[6] SYRACUSE UNIV, DEPT ANTHROPOL, SYRACUSE, NY 13244 USA
[7] CANADIAN MUSEUM NAT, DIV ZOOARCHEOL RES, OTTAWA, ON K1P 6P4, CANADA
[8] STATE UNIV GHENT, DEPT GEOL, PALEONTOL LAB, B-9000 GHENT, BELGIUM
[9] NATL FUND SCI RES, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
[10] NATL SCI FDN, ARCHEOL PROGRAM, ARLINGTON, VA 22230 USA
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10.1126/science.7725099
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The extent to which the earliest anatomically modern humans in Africa exhibited behavioral and cognitive traits typical of Home sapiens sapiens is controversial. In eastern Zaire, archaeological sites with bone points have yielded dates older than 89(-15)(+22) thousand years ago by several techniques. These include electron spin resonance, thermoluminescence, optically stimulated luminescence, uranium series, and amino acid racemization. Faunal and stratigraphic data are consistent with this age.
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