Welcome to the April edition of my monthly archaeology round-up, breaking down the most interesting papers of the month for you. Many were missed out unfortunately: Lapita Expansion, new Temple of Zeus, Neanderthal climate adaptations and so on. But hopefully this is a broad and illustrative set of papers. Any feedback on content very welcome, this is still a project in its infancy.
"The consensus amongst most archaeologists is that a population of Homo sapiens left Africa around 60-70kya, but the major division between East and West Eurasian peoples is estimated to have taken place around 45kya."
Probably just my lack of close familiarity with the field, but I was under the impression that the Out of Africa hypothesis was being increasingly challenged of late. Is that mistaken, or is it just a case of academics continuing to run with an established scenario despite it's having been called into question?
Thanks, I appreciate this summary.
"The consensus amongst most archaeologists is that a population of Homo sapiens left Africa around 60-70kya, but the major division between East and West Eurasian peoples is estimated to have taken place around 45kya."
Probably just my lack of close familiarity with the field, but I was under the impression that the Out of Africa hypothesis was being increasingly challenged of late. Is that mistaken, or is it just a case of academics continuing to run with an established scenario despite it's having been called into question?