tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post2378719982559595925..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Nubian complex site from central Arabia (Crassard & Hilbert 2013)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-63150760575188104942013-07-26T13:14:02.172+03:002013-07-26T13:14:02.172+03:00The first of these wet phases occurred between 130...<i>The first of these wet phases occurred between 130 and 125 kya (MIS 5e) and precedes the presence of Nubian technology in Arabia. The two following wet phases, positioned around 100 kya (MIS 5c) and between 80 to 75 kya (MIS 5a) may be viewed as possible windows for the Nubian expansion into and across Arabia.</i><br /><br />The first one clearly corresponds to the Levantine finds. So, it will be interesting to see if associated pre-Nubian tools (or better yet, skeletal remains) will eventually be found farther east. There is little reason why these people would not have expanded east, unless <i>heidelbergensis</i> got there (expanded there during favorable climate) first. And there <i>is</i> a second class of tools found in Northern Arabia...<br /><br />Of the two proposed Nubian expansion dates, the second one seems too late to explain Chinese AMHs, but could be associated with a second expansion (e.g., DE vs. CF dichotomy, Denisovan admixture vs. none, etc.). And of course, the "Denisovan" admixture could have happened with <i>heidelbergensis</i> any non-tropical place in between...eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.com