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SUMMARY:Crossing the Sahara: The Role of Climate in the early Human Occupa
 tion of North Africa - Hazel Reade (PhD Candidate Department of Archaeolog
 y)
DTSTART:20101026T121000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Anke Plagnol
DESCRIPTION:Archaeological evidence indicates that the first modern humans
  arrived in North Africa around 100\,000 years ago\, and that the region h
 as been populated to some\nextent ever since. Today\, the Sahara Desert do
 minates the landscape\, and hyper-arid conditions place much of the area a
 t the very limit of human environmental tolerances. But was this the case 
 in the past? Why did people first come to this region and what was the rol
 e of climate in this decision? Did subsequent climatic\nchange affect thes
 e people\, and if so\, how? In this presentation I will review what is cur
 rently known about the relationship between humans and climate in\nNorth A
 frica. Using examples from my PhD research I will also discuss how we can 
 expand our knowledge on this topic\, particularly through the use of isoto
 pic\nanalysis.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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