Modelling the end of the Acheulean at global and continental levels suggests widespread persistence into the Middle Palaeolithic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/21:00553260
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-021-00735-8.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-021-00735-8.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00735-8" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41599-021-00735-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Modelling the end of the Acheulean at global and continental levels suggests widespread persistence into the Middle Palaeolithic
Original language description
The Acheulean is the longest cultural tradition ever practised by humans, lasting for over 1.5 million years. Yet, its end has never been accurately dated; only broad 300-150 thousand years ago (Kya) estimates exist. Here we use optimal linear estimation modelling to infer the extinction dates of the Acheulean at global and continental levels. In Africa and the Near East the Acheulean is demonstrated to end between 175 and 166 Kya. In Europe it is inferred to end between 141 and 130 Kya. The Acheulean's extinction in Asia occurs later (57-53 Kya), while global models vary depending on how archaeological sites are selected (107-29 Kya). These models demonstrate the Acheulean to have remained a distinct cultural tradition long after the inception of Middle Palaeolithic technologies in multiple continental regions. The complexity of this scenario mirrors the increasingly dynamic nature of the Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil record, suggesting contemporaneous hominin populations to have practised distinct stone-tool traditions.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
ISSN
2662-9992
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Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000626185700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85101873267