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A humid corridor across the Sahara for the migration of early modern humans out of Africa 120,000 years ago

Date

Authors

Osborne, Anne H.

Vance, Derek

Rohling, Eelco

Barton , Nick

Rogerson, Mike

Fello, Nuri

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Abstract

It is widely accepted that modern humans originated in sub-Saharan Africa ≈150-200 thousand years ago (ka), but their route of dispersal across the currently hyperarid Sahara remains controversial. Given that the first modern humans north of the Sahara

Keywords

Keywords: Africa; archeology; article; fossil; geochemical analysis; human; isotope analysis; Mesolithic; migration; priority journal; Africa; Africa, Northern; Emigration and Immigration; Fossils; Fresh Water; Geography; History, Ancient; Humans; Population Dynami Eemian; Middle Stone Age; Neodymium; Paleochannel; Sapropel

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82415

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0804472105

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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