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ArticleScientific reports2024

MIS 3 innovative behavior and highland occupation during a stable wet episode in the Lake Tana paleoclimate record, Ethiopia.

Yonatan Sahle, Gedef A Firew, Osbjorn M Pearson, Deano D Stynder, Amanuel Beyin

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Yonatan SahleDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. yonatan.sahle@uct.ac.za.
Gedef A FirewDepartment of History & Heritage Management, Bahir Dar University, PO Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Osbjorn M PearsonDepartment of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM87131, USA.
Deano D StynderDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
Amanuel BeyinDepartment of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.

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National Research Foundation, South Africa 150524
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Abstract

Securely dated archaeological sites from key regions and periods are critical for understanding early modern human adaptive responses to past environmental change. Here, we report new radiocarbon dates of > 42,000 cal years BP for an intensive human occupation of Gorgora rockshelter in the Ethiopian Highlands. We also document the development of innovative technologies and symbolic behaviors starting around this time. The evidenced occupation and behavioral patterns coincide with the onset and persistence of a stable wet phase in the geographically proximate high-resolution core record of Lake Tana. Range expansion into montane habitats and the subsequent development of innovative technologies and behaviors are consistent with population dispersal waves within Africa and beyond during wetter phases ~ 60-40 thousand years ago (ka).

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EthiopiaGorgoraInnovative behaviorLake TanaMiddle stone ageRange expansion

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