The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia
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Authors/contributors
- de Lumley, Henry (Author)
- Barsky, Deborah (Author)
- Moncel, Marie Hélène (Author)
- Carbonell, Eudald (Author)
- Cauche, Dominique (Author)
- Celiberti, Vincenzo (Author)
- Notter, Olivier (Author)
- Pleurdeau, David (Author)
- Hong, Mi-Young (Author)
- Rogers, Michael J. (Author)
- Semaw, Sileshi (Author)
Title
The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia
Abstract
Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia has yielded the earliest Oldowan stone tools in the world. Artefacts from the East Gona (EG) 10 site date back 2.6 million years. Analysis of the lithic assemblage from EG 10 reveals the earliest-known evidence for refitting and conjoining stone artefacts. This new information supplements data from other Oldowan sites in East Africa, and provides an important insight into the technological capacities and evolutionary development of hominins during this period.
Publication
Antiquity
Date
2018
Volume
92
Issue
365
Pages
1151-1164
Journal Abbr
Antiquity
Citation Key
delumleyFirstTechnicalSequences2018
Accessed
8/26/20, 3:24 PM
ISSN
0003-598X, 1745-1744
Language
English
Library Catalog
DOI.org (Crossref)
Extra
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
tex.ids: ISI:000448528600012, Rogers2018
tex.eissn: 1745-1744
tex.orcid-numbers: Barsky, Deborah/0000-0002-4921-0389
tex.researcherid-numbers: Barsky, Deborah R/L-5468-2014
tex.unique-id: ISI:000448528600012
Citation
de Lumley, H., Barsky, D., Moncel, M. H., Carbonell, E., Cauche, D., Celiberti, V., Notter, O., Pleurdeau, D., Hong, M.-Y., Rogers, M. J., & Semaw, S. (2018). The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia. Antiquity, 92(365), 1151–1164. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.169
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