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Stone tools suggest earlier Africa exit

By T.K. Randall
January 31, 2011 · Comment icon 10 comments

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A cache of stone tools is calling in to question the timeline during which early humans left Africa.
Discovered along the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula the stone tools suggest that early humans left Africa far sooner than previously believed - some 127,000 years ago. "This is a huge milestone, but unfortunately it raises more questions than it answers," says archaeologist Jeffrey Rose.
A cache of stone tools found on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula has reopened the critical question of when and how modern humans escaped from their ancestral homeland in eastern Africa.


Source: New York Times | Comments (10)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Mentalcase 14 years ago
People couldn't wait to "escape" Africa! I think it's hilarious when people refer to migration as escaping, as if someone is keeping them locked up in huge holding cell or something!
Comment icon #2 Posted by the L 14 years ago
People couldn't wait to "escape" Africa! I think it's hilarious when people refer to migration as escaping, as if someone is keeping them locked up in huge holding cell or something! Same thing as we want to find new planet where we can live. I guess thats curiosity also.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Helen of Annoy 14 years ago
I imagine most of migrations were escapes, since curiosity plays a part in migrating, but usually it’s the necessity that drives us in the first place. Something like: I’m curious if I’ll be able to survive across that river, since I’m ****ing dying over here. So, scientific dogma says that humans migrated out of Africa 50.000 years ago. Now what? It’s still 50.000 plus/minus 72.000 error margin?
Comment icon #4 Posted by angi chiesa 13 years ago
It took us 1,500 years to escape. This must be a World Record JAIL BREAK
Comment icon #5 Posted by the L 13 years ago
Something like: I’m curious if I’ll be able to survive across that river, since I’m ****ing dying over here. I wonder that all the time. Can I survive across Atlantic ocean since Im...
Comment icon #6 Posted by danielost 13 years ago
hunter gatherers need a certain amount of land to find food on. the worse the land or the bigger the tribe the bigger the area. so when a tribe gets to big some leave to start a new tribe.
Comment icon #7 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 13 years ago
hunter gatherers need a certain amount of land to find food on. the worse the land or the bigger the tribe the bigger the area. so when a tribe gets to big some leave to start a new tribe. Makes sense. Many Native American tribes migrated back and forth as seasons changed as the prey they hunted would be plentiful at a certain time of the year.
Comment icon #8 Posted by Helen of Annoy 13 years ago
I wonder that all the time. Can I survive across Atlantic ocean since Im... Sure you can but we need you here. Be more than curious, be morbidly curious. And survive on spite if there’s nothing else hunter gatherers need a certain amount of land to find food on. the worse the land or the bigger the tribe the bigger the area. so when a tribe gets to big some leave to start a new tribe. Tribes are nomadic for as long as they don’t discover toilets. Once we learn to **** in a specified hole in the ground, there’s no need to run away from the stench of turds scattered all around anymore and ... [More]
Comment icon #9 Posted by danielost 13 years ago
Sure you can but we need you here. Be more than curious, be morbidly curious. And survive on spite if there’s nothing else Tribes are nomadic for as long as they don’t discover toilets. Once we learn to **** in a specified hole in the ground, there’s no need to run away from the stench of turds scattered all around anymore and civilisation becomes settled. i think you mean farming. a farming tribe didnt need as much space as a nomadic one, but the principle is the same. as soon as the tribe was too big it would split and one group would move away. how ever instead of needing to move 50 m... [More]
Comment icon #10 Posted by Helen of Annoy 13 years ago
i think you mean farming. a farming tribe didnt need as much space as a nomadic one, but the principle is the same. as soon as the tribe was too big it would split and one group would move away. how ever instead of needing to move 50 miles away they only needed to move 10 miles away. Mongols moved 3000 miles away in one campaign just to spite the author of that proportional moving thesis. Never mind, we can sum it up: people move when they need more resources and go as far as they have to unless they drop dead in the meantime.


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