Ossendorf, Goetz, Groos, Alexander R., Bromm, Tobias ORCID: 0000-0001-5914-2917, Tekelemariam, Minassie Girma, Glaser, Bruno ORCID: 0000-0002-3057-3868, Lesur, Josephine, Schmidt, Joachim, Akcar, Naki ORCID: 0000-0002-5604-3179, Bekele, Tamrat, Beldados, Alemseged, Demissew, Sebsebe, Kahsay, Trhas Hadush, Nash, Barbara P., Nauss, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0003-3422-0960, Negash, Agazi, Nemomissa, Sileshi, Veit, Heinz, Vogelsang, Ralf, Woldu, Zerihun, Zech, Wolfgang, Opgenoorth, Lars and Miehe, Georg (2019). Middle Stone Age foragers resided in high elevations of the glaciated Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Science, 365 (6453). S. 583 - 588. WASHINGTON: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE. ISSN 1095-9203

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Abstract

Studies of early human settlement in alpine environments provide insights into human physiological, genetic, and cultural adaptation potentials. Although Late and even Middle Pleistocene human presence has been recently documented on the Tibetan Plateau, little is known regarding the nature and context of early persistent human settlement in high elevations. Here, we report the earliest evidence of a prehistoric high-altitude residential site. Located in Africa's largest alpine ecosystem, the repeated occupation of Fincha Habera rock shelter is dated to 47 to 31 thousand years ago. The available resources in cold and glaciated environments included the exploitation of an endemic rodent as a key food source, and this played a pivotal role in facilitating the occupation of this site by Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Ossendorf, GoetzUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Groos, Alexander R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bromm, TobiasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5914-2917UNSPECIFIED
Tekelemariam, Minassie GirmaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Glaser, BrunoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-3057-3868UNSPECIFIED
Lesur, JosephineUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmidt, JoachimUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Akcar, NakiUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-5604-3179UNSPECIFIED
Bekele, TamratUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Beldados, AlemsegedUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Demissew, SebsebeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kahsay, Trhas HadushUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nash, Barbara P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nauss, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3422-0960UNSPECIFIED
Negash, AgaziUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nemomissa, SileshiUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Veit, HeinzUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vogelsang, RalfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Woldu, ZerihunUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Zech, WolfgangUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Opgenoorth, LarsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Miehe, GeorgUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-144515
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw8942
Journal or Publication Title: Science
Volume: 365
Number: 6453
Page Range: S. 583 - 588
Date: 2019
Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Place of Publication: WASHINGTON
ISSN: 1095-9203
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
MOCHENA BORAGO ROCKSHELTER; PERMANENT HUMAN OCCUPATION; LATE PLEISTOCENE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; GROUND BEETLES; SOUTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA; HOUSE FLOORS; GODA BUTICHA; BLACK CARBON; ALTITUDEMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14451

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