Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa's Evolution Export

@article{citeulike:797399, abstract = {Radiocarbon data from 150 archaeological excavations in the now hyper-arid Eastern Sahara of Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Chad reveal close links between climatic variations and prehistoric occupation during the past 12,000 years. Synoptic multiple-indicator views for major time slices demonstrate the transition from initial settlement after the sudden onset of humid conditions at 8500 B.C.E. to the exodus resulting from gradual desiccation since 5300 B.C.E. Southward shifting of the desert margin helped trigger the emergence of pharaonic civilization along the Nile, influenced the spread of pastoralism throughout the continent, and affects sub-Saharan Africa to the present day. 10.1126/science.1130989}, author = {Kuper, Rudolph and Kropelin, Stefan}, citeulike-article-id = {797399}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130989}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/313/5788/803}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16857900}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16857900}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1126/science.1130989}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {climat, evolution, holocene, sahara}, month = {August}, number = {5788}, pages = {803--807}, posted-at = {2006-08-22 14:18:09}, priority = {5}, title = {Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa's Evolution}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130989}, volume = {313}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:797399 L3 - citeulike-article-id:797399 N2 - Radiocarbon data from 150 archaeological excavations in the now hyper-arid Eastern Sahara of Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Chad reveal close links between climatic variations and prehistoric occupation during the past 12,000 years. Synoptic multiple-indicator views for major time slices demonstrate the transition from initial settlement after the sudden onset of humid conditions at 8500 B.C.E. to the exodus resulting from gradual desiccation since 5300 B.C.E. Southward shifting of the desert margin helped trigger the emergence of pharaonic civilization along the Nile, influenced the spread of pastoralism throughout the continent, and affects sub-Saharan Africa to the present day. 10.1126/science.1130989 IS - 5788 JF - Science EP - 807 TI - Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa's Evolution VL - 313 SP - 803 KW - climat KW - evolution KW - holocene KW - sahara AU - Kuper, Rudolph AU - Kropelin, Stefan PY - 2006/08/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1130989 ER -