Tectonics and human evolution

Geoffrey King; Geoff N. Bailey

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Tectonics and human evolution

Geoffrey King, Geoff N. Bailey

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Abstract

The authors propose a new model for the origins of humans and their ecological adaptation. The evolutionary stimulus lies not in the savannah but in broken, hilly rough country where the early hominins could hunt and hide. Such 'roughness', generated by tectonic and volcanic movement characterises not only the African rift valley but probably the whole route of early hominin dispersal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	265-286
Number of pages	22
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	80
Issue number	308
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00093613
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Africa
H. erectus
H. ergaster
Hominins
Human origins
Rift Valley

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