tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post6301528766577707102..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Out of Africa via Libya and not the Nile?Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-51021743425100249772008-10-17T06:42:00.000+03:002008-10-17T06:42:00.000+03:00Perhaps I'm simple-minded (some here would say def...Perhaps I'm simple-minded (some here would say definitely so) but this is hardly surprising to me. I've always assumed that during moister climates the Sahara would simply contract, the savanah grassland would expand into it from all around. After all the Sahara is expanding at present in both the north and the south.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-14003208772011822612008-10-15T21:56:00.000+03:002008-10-15T21:56:00.000+03:00It's the early route, the one used most probably b...It's the early route, the one used most probably by the people at Palestine (Skuhl and nearby caves) and North Africa (Aterian culture), both of which have datations of some 100,000 years, maybe more in Palestine and clearly imply "archaic" H. sapiens.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, as I have mentioned elsewhere, there's some uncertainty on wether modern humans might have arrived to South Asia also by that time (or later but before the Toba event).Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-6885993902532879772008-10-15T06:12:00.000+03:002008-10-15T06:12:00.000+03:00"The widely held belief that the Nile valley was t...<I>"The widely held belief that the Nile valley was the most likely route out of sub-Saharan Africa for early modern humans 120,000 year ago"</I> ( -- from the log entry)<BR/><BR/>I thought the route in question was out of northeastern Africa, not Sub-Saharan Africa.Fred Scroobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540392680902328065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-87173175270621640382008-10-15T04:24:00.000+03:002008-10-15T04:24:00.000+03:00This is specially relevant, I think for the origin...This is specially relevant, I think for the origins of the Aterian culture of North Africa, whose oldest dates (90,000 plus) fit well with this interglacial "window" for migration.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com