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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Oldest evidence of human activities in Madagascar on subfossil hippopotamus bones from Anjohibe (Mahajanga Province)
Comptes Rendus - Palevol, Volume 10, No. 4, Year 2011
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The colonization of Madagascar by man is an active subject of scientific debate. Until recently the oldest evidence of humans on the island dated to a few centuries BC or AD from sites located in the South-West of Madagascar. The discoveries at Anjohibe, about 1500. years older, indicate an early colonization of the North-West of the island. This region is closer than two of the shortest routes from Africa or Asia. The discoveries are not archaeological artefacts but cut marks on bones of subfossil dwarf hippopotami. These observations indicate that the coexistence of humans with extinct subfossil faunas has been much longer than previously thought. © 2011 Académie des sciences.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gommery, Dominique
France, Paris
Dynamique de L'évolution Humaine Cnrs Upr 2147
Ramanivosoa, Beby
Madagascar, Majunga
Université de Mahajanga
Faure, Martine
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Lyon
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Guérin, Claude
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Kerloc'h, Patrice
Madagascar, Majunga
Université de Mahajanga
Sénégas, Frank
France, Paris
Dynamique de L'évolution Humaine Cnrs Upr 2147
Randrianantenaina, Hervé
Madagascar, Majunga
Université de Mahajanga
Statistics
Citations: 79
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.crpv.2011.01.006
ISSN:
16310683
Study Locations
Madagascar