Abstract
Excavations at Shishan Marsh, a former desert oasis in Azraq, northeast Jordan, reveal a unique ecosystem and provide direct family-specific protein residue evidence of hominin adaptations in an increasingly arid environment approximately 250,000 years ago. Based on lithic, faunal, paleoenvironmental and protein residue data, we conclude that Late Pleistocene hominins were able to subsist in extreme arid environments through a reliance on surprisingly human-like adaptations including a broadened subsistence base, modified tool kit and strategies for predator avoidance and carcass protection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-44 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
Volume | 73 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Azraq
- Cross-over immunoelectrophoresis
- Jordan
- Lithics
- Middle Pleistocene
- Residue analysis
- Shishan marsh
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Archaeology