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Wadley, Lyn
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Backwell, Lucinda Ruth
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d'Errico, Francesco
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Sievers, Christine
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2021-10-06T12:31:25Z
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2020-01
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Wadley, Lyn; Backwell, Lucinda Ruth; d'Errico, Francesco; Sievers, Christine; Cooked starchy rhizomes in Africa 170 thousand years ago; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Science; 367; 6473; 1-2020; 87-91
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0036-8075
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/142825
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Plant carbohydrates were undoubtedly consumed in antiquity, yet starchy geophytes were seldom preserved archaeologically. We report evidence for geophyte exploitation by early humans from at least 170,000 years ago. Charred rhizomes from Border Cave, South Africa, were identified to the genus Hypoxis L. by comparing the morphology and anatomy of ancient and modern rhizomes. Hypoxis angustifolia Lam., the likely taxon, proliferates in relatively well-watered areas of sub-Saharan Africa and in Yemen, Arabia. In those areas and possibly farther north during moist periods, Hypoxis rhizomes would have provided reliable and familiar carbohydrate sources for mobile groups.
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application/pdf
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eng
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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ROOTS
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COOKING
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MIDDLE STONE AGE
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CAVE DEPOSITS
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Arqueología
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Historia y Arqueología
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HUMANIDADES
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Cooked starchy rhizomes in Africa 170 thousand years ago
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2021-09-07T14:47:17Z
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367
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6473
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87-91
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Estados Unidos
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Fil: Wadley, Lyn. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
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Fil: Backwell, Lucinda Ruth. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales; Argentina
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Fil: d'Errico, Francesco. Universite de Bordeaux; Francia. University of Bergen; Noruega
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Fil: Sievers, Christine. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
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Science
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz5926
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aaz5926
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