A recent study reveals the oldest directly dated archaeological site in West Africa, extending the known timeframe of Middle Stone Age toolkits in the region to 150,000 years ago. The findings highlight the long-term durability of core elements of Middle Stone Age toolkits in West Africa and suggest
, extends the timeframe in which Middle Stone Age toolkits are known from West Africa to 150 thousand years ago, based on excavations from the near-coastal site of Bargny 1.
Pollen from the Bargny 1 including Avicennia and Typha , that demonstrate the proximity of the site to estuary environments in the past. Scale is 25 microns. Credit: Chris Kiahtipes “We found mangrove and brackish wetland plant microfossils associated with the site’s occupation,” adds Dr. Chris Kiahtipes of the University of South Florida, co-author on the study. “This is particularly interesting because it shows that the site was located near an estuary and demonstrates how important these habitats are to humans past and present.”
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