King, Geoffrey and Bailey, Geoff orcid.org/0000-0003-2656-830X (2006) Tectonics and human evolution. Antiquity. pp. 265-286. ISSN 0003-598X
Abstract
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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2006. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Antiquity. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Africa,Rift Valley,human origins,hominins,H. erectus,H. ergaster,EARLY HUMAN OCCUPATION,LAND-USE,HOMINID DISPERSAL,ACTIVE TECTONICS,KOOBI-FORA,AFRICA,PLEISTOCENE,KENYA,STRATEGIES,PLIOPLEISTOCENE |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL UNSPECIFIED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL UNSPECIFIED EUROPEAN COMMISSION UNSPECIFIED EUROPEAN COMMISSION UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2015 10:21 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2025 00:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00093613 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0003598X00093613 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88843 |
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