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Problems in the Study of Later Pleistocene Man in Africa 1
Author(s) -
RIGHTMIRE G. P.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1975.77.1.02a00030
Subject(s) - pleistocene , prehistory , meaning (existential) , early pleistocene , relation (database) , history , archaeology , geography , paleontology , geology , philosophy , epistemology , database , computer science
The Upper and post‐Pleistocene prehistory of man in Africa is highly complex, and a number of problems remain unsolved. The meaning of the Omo finds in relation to other late Middle or early Upper Pleistocene assemblages from southern Africa is uncertain, as is the significance of later fossil human remains which have been termed “Boskopoid.” The origin of the African Negro is another question, difficult to answer on the basis of evidence at hand. These problems are reviewed in the light of new dating and fresh study of key fossils.