The timing and development of Holocene human occupation in the now hyperarid Sahara
has major implications for understanding links between climate change, demography and …

This paper provides a summary of all available numerical ages from contexts of the
Moroccan Middle Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic and reviews some of the most important …

North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its
people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern …

There is consensus that the modern human lineage appeared in Africa before 100,000
years ago 1, 2. But there is debate as to when cultural and cognitive characteristics typical of …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

The 1950s excavations by Charles McBurney in the Haua Fteah, a large karstic cave on the
coast of northeast Libya, revealed a deep sequence of human occupation. Most subsequent …

Recent genetic studies based on the distribution of mtDNA of haplogroup U6 have led to
subtly different theories regarding the arrival of modern human populations in North Africa …

North Africa is a key area for understanding hominin population movements and the
expansion of our species. It is home to the earliest currently known Homo sapiens (Jebel …

The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important
dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity of well-preserved human remains …

Key to understanding human origins are early Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud, as
well as from the early Late Pleistocene sites Tabun, Border Cave, Klasies River Mouth …