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Registration: https://tinyurl.com/new-insights-academic-talk This talk will review the archaeological and climatic records Middle-Late Pleistocene eastern Africa and discusses their implications for understanding the evolution of Homo sapiens. Drawing upon my own research, I will discuss the potential of the region as a refugial zone within Pleistocene Africa, likely providing consistently suitable conditions for survival that were characterised by high biodiversity, allowing population persistence as well as material culture diversification. I will also explore the interplay between evolutionary processes that may have resulted in the complex patterns observed throughout the African MSA record, including the appearance of ‘specific’ innovations against a backdrop of more ‘generic’ MSA elements.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
