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I've been fascinated by this one since visiting the Natural History Museum in San Diego: "A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA"
by 34679 6y ago
I've been fascinated by this one since visiting the Natural History Museum in San Diego:
"A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA"
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22065 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22065
- sradman 6y agoInteresting. MIS5e [1] would be a parallel to our current interglacial period. I think the evidence for 50-60 kya out-of-africa event for Homo sapiens is solid so I'm assuming this site would support the global reach of another Homo species like Neanderthals. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Isotope_Stage_5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Isotope_Stage_5
- irrational 6y agoI’ve never understood that number. I’ve read that modern humans have been around for 200k years, but I’m supposed to believe that for 3/4 of that time they stayed in Africa? BS. Maybe proof hasn’t been found, yet. But we know from our own experience that modern humans love to explore. I don’t believe that love of travel and adventure and exploration is cultural. Our modern ancestors would’ve been exploring out of Africa long before 50kya.
- Zaak 6y agoThere's an important distinction between anatomically modern humans and behaviorally modern humans. Behaviorally modern humans were the ones that were able to migrate all over the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_modernity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_modernity
- sradman 6y agoAFAIK, the best (first?) popular science book that tackles this question is Before the Dawn [1] by Nicholas Wade. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Dawn_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Dawn_(book)
- vanattab 6y agoI think Neanderthals traveled out earlier so at least to some degree humans may have had to fight their way out with and ice age assist?