Tectonics and human evolution

Tectonics and human evolution

The authors propose a new model for the origins of humans and their ecological adaptation. The evolutionary stimulus lies not in the savannah but in broken, hilly rough country where the early hominins could hunt and hide. Such ‘roughness’, generated by tectonic and volcanic movement characterises n...

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Published in:Antiquity 2006-06, Vol.80 (308), p.265-286
Main Authors: King, Geoffrey, Bailey, Geoff
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Africa
African history
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Ecology
Environment
Environmental conditions
Environmental studies
Evolution
Evolutionary anthropology
Geology and climatology
H. erectus
H. ergaster
Hominids
hominins
Human evolution
Human origins
Human paleontology
Mankind origin and evolution
Methodology and general studies
Plate tectonics
Prehistory and protohistory
Rift Valley
Roughness
Surface water
Tectonics
Tectonics (Geology)
Trees
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Summary:The authors propose a new model for the origins of humans and their ecological adaptation. The evolutionary stimulus lies not in the savannah but in broken, hilly rough country where the early hominins could hunt and hide. Such ‘roughness’, generated by tectonic and volcanic movement characterises not only the African rift valley but probably the whole route of early hominin dispersal.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744