tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post4305058638070285943..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Ancient Lakes and Siberian MammothsAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-37814223196553324232010-11-28T17:36:39.005-07:002010-11-28T17:36:39.005-07:00Thanks for two nice pieces.
I've always thou...Thanks for two nice pieces. <br /><br />I've always thought that the Nile basin may have been an important early human area, what does not matter for pointing rather towards Ethiopia or the Sudan-Ethiopia joint area as more likely core of early humankind (they are also in the Nile basin, as are Uganda, Kenya and even further south). The main reason for looking specially at the Sudan/Ethiopia area is genetic, rather than archaeological, as there are modern humans in North Africa that are similarly old as those from Ethiopia (c. 190 Ka ago). <br /><br />As for the mammoths, you say: "If climate mattered, it may have done so by allowing more hunters onto the Steppe, rather than by impairing the ability of its ice age large animals to survive".<br /><br />Actually it mattered in the sense that warm climate always restricted a lot the areas where mammoths could thrive. However they could still survive in previous interglacial periods, so the human impact should not be underestimated either.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com