Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption.
| Title: | Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption. |
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| Authors: | Kappelman J; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. jkappelman@austin.utexas.edu.; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. jkappelman@austin.utexas.edu.; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. jkappelman@austin.utexas.edu.; Todd LC; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Davis CA; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Cerling TE; Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Feseha M; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Getahun A; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Johnsen R; Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.; Kay M; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.; Kocurek GA; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Nachman BA; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Negash A; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Negash T; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; O'Brien K; Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Pante M; Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; Ren M; Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.; Smith EI; Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.; Tabor NJ; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.; Tewabe D; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Bahir Dar Fisheries and Other Aquatic Life Research Centre, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.; Wang H; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.; Yang D; Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Yirga S; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Crowell JW; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Fanuka MF; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Habtie T; Department of History and Heritage Management, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.; Hirniak JN; Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.; Klehm C; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Loewen ND; Chemistry Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.; Melaku S; Ethiopian Heritage Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Melton SM; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Myers TS; Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.; Millonig S; Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; Plummer MC; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Riordan KJ; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Rosenau NA; Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.; Skinner A; Chemistry Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.; Thompson AK; Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.; Trombetta LM; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Witzel A; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Assefa E; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Bodansky M; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Desta AA; Department of Geology, School of Earth Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.; Campisano CJ; Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.; Dalmas D; Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.; Elliott C; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Endalamaw M; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Ethiopian Heritage Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Ford NJ; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Foster F; Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.; Getachew T; Ethiopian Heritage Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Laboratoire Paléontologie Évolution Paléoécosystèmes Paléoprimatologie, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France.; Haney YL; Chemistry Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.; Ingram BH; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Jackson J; Chemistry Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.; Marean CW; Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.; African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa.; Mattox S; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; de la Cruz Medina K; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Mulubrhan G; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Porter K; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Roberts A; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Santillan P; Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Sollenberger A; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Sponholtz J; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Valdes J; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Wyman L; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.; Yadeta M; Paleoanthropology and Paleoenvironment Program, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.; Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.; Yanny S; National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. |
| Source: | Nature [Nature] 2024 Apr; Vol. 628 (8007), pp. 365-372. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 20. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0410462 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1476-4687 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00280836 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nature Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Basingstoke : Nature Publishing Group; Original Publication: London, Macmillan Journals ltd. |
| MeSH Terms: | Human Migration*/history ; Climate*; Diet/history ; Animals ; Humans ; Archaeology ; Ethiopia ; Mammals ; Seasons ; History, Ancient ; Fossils ; Struthioniformes ; Droughts ; Fishes |
| Abstract: | Although modern humans left Africa multiple times over 100,000 years ago, those broadly ancestral to non-Africans dispersed less than 100,000 years ago1. Most models hold that these events occurred through green corridors created during humid periods because arid intervals constrained population movements2. Here we report an archaeological site-Shinfa-Metema 1, in the lowlands of northwest Ethiopia, with Youngest Toba Tuff cryptotephra dated to around 74,000 years ago-that provides early and rare evidence of intensive riverine-based foraging aided by the likely adoption of the bow and arrow. The diet included a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic animals. Stable oxygen isotopes from fossil mammal teeth and ostrich eggshell show that the site was occupied during a period of high seasonal aridity. The unusual abundance of fish suggests that capture occurred in the ever smaller and shallower waterholes of a seasonal river during a long dry season, revealing flexible adaptations to challenging climatic conditions during the Middle Stone Age. Adaptive foraging along dry-season waterholes would have transformed seasonal rivers into 'blue highway' corridors, potentially facilitating an out-of-Africa dispersal and suggesting that the event was not restricted to times of humid climates. The behavioural flexibility required to survive seasonally arid conditions in general, and the apparent short-term effects of the Toba supereruption in particular were probably key to the most recent dispersal and subsequent worldwide expansion of modern humans.; (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.) |
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