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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5210
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Three archaeological sites at Katanda on the Upper Semliki River in the Western Rift Valley of Zaire have provided evidence for a well-developed bone industry in a Middle Stone Age context. Artifacts include both barbed and unbarbed points as well as a daggerlike object. Dating by both direct and indirect means indicate an age of approximately 90,000 years or older. Together with abundant fish (primarily catfish) remains, the bone technology indicates that a complex subsistence specialization had developed in Africa by this time. The level of behavioral competence required is consistent with that of upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens sapiens. These data support an African origin of behaviorally as well as biologically modern humans.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
553-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A middle stone age worked bone industry from Katanda, Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire.
pubmed:affiliation
Archaeology Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't