Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age

S. Brooks, Alison; E. Yellen, John; Potts, Richard; K. Behrensmeyer, Anna; L. Deino, Alan; E. Leslie, David; H. Ambrose, Stanley; R. Ferguson, Jeffrey; d’Errico, Francesco; M. Zipkin, Andrew; Whittaker, Scott; Post, Jeffrey; G. Veatch, Elizabeth; Foecke, Kimberly; B. Clark, Jennifer

doi:10.1126/science.aao2646

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Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age

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Authors:

Alison S. Brooks

John E. Yellen

Richard Potts

Abstract

The Middle Stone Age in Africa The Olorgesailie basin in the southern Kenya rift valley contains sediments dating back to 1.2 million years ago, preserving a long archaeological record of human activity and environmental conditions. Three papers present the oldest East African evidence of the Middle...

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