Cᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Southern Africa
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The Border Cave record in southern Africa preserves a long stratigraphic and cultural sequence with human remains associated with Middle Stone Age industries. The base of the sequence may date to approximately 195,000 BP, while a jaw, cranial bones, and a child’s skeleton associated with the Howieson’s Poort or Pietersburg layers were considered at least about 95,000 years old. The remains were interpreted as robust but early, unspecialized modern human forms.
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Border Cave, identified in the excerpt with Ingwavuma, contains one of the oldest stratigraphic and cultural sequences discussed for southern Africa. Its basal deposits may date to approximately 195,000 BP, placing the cave within the late Middle or earlier Upper Pleistocene. The sequence provides a framework for relating human remains to changing archaeological industries and environmental conditions.
Human fossils attributed to the base of the Howieson’s Poort or the top of the Pietersburg layers include an adult jaw, cranial bones, and a child’s skeleton. Because the underlying sequence was considered very old, these remains were judged to be at least approximately 95,000 years old. They displayed robust features but were interpreted within a broader discussion of early modern human variation.
The Border Cave fossils were compared with remains from Tuinplaats and other southern African sites. Their latest interpretation in the account was that they represented an early, unspecialized form of Homo sapiens sapiens, potentially ancestral to later Khoisan and other African lineages. The evolutionary claim remained hypothetical and depended on future discoveries and better chronological control.
Border Cave also preserves evidence for subsistence and environmental change. Its faunal sequence reflects later Pleistocene ecological shifts, while the absence of young wildebeest or hartebeest may indicate that neither the animals nor the human occupants were present during the animals’ birthing season. The site therefore contributes to both palaeoanthropology and the reconstruction of Middle Stone Age mobility and hunting.
Cᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Southern Africa
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Border Cave record in southern Africa preserves a long stratigraphic and cultural sequence with human remains associated with Middle Stone Age industries. The base of the sequence may date to approximately 195,000 BP, while a jaw, cranial bones, and a child’s skeleton associated with the Howieson’s Poort or Pietersburg layers were considered at least about 95,000 years old. The remains were interpreted as robust but early, unspecialized modern human forms.
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Le récit
Border Cave, identified in the excerpt with Ingwavuma, contains one of the oldest stratigraphic and cultural sequences discussed for southern Africa. Its basal deposits may date to approximately 195,000 BP, placing the cave within the late Middle or earlier Upper Pleistocene. The sequence provides a framework for relating human remains to changing archaeological industries and environmental conditions.
Human fossils attributed to the base of the Howieson’s Poort or the top of the Pietersburg layers include an adult jaw, cranial bones, and a child’s skeleton. Because the underlying sequence was considered very old, these remains were judged to be at least approximately 95,000 years old. They displayed robust features but were interpreted within a broader discussion of early modern human variation.
The Border Cave fossils were compared with remains from Tuinplaats and other southern African sites. Their latest interpretation in the account was that they represented an early, unspecialized form of Homo sapiens sapiens, potentially ancestral to later Khoisan and other African lineages. The evolutionary claim remained hypothetical and depended on future discoveries and better chronological control.
Border Cave also preserves evidence for subsistence and environmental change. Its faunal sequence reflects later Pleistocene ecological shifts, while the absence of young wildebeest or hartebeest may indicate that neither the animals nor the human occupants were present during the animals’ birthing season. The site therefore contributes to both palaeoanthropology and the reconstruction of Middle Stone Age mobility and hunting.
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