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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Explorer: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: Truthcentric said Ibero-Maurusians weren't important to the peopling of the Nile Valley or any other major African civilization.[/QUOTE]lioness, I know he is saying the above, and hence, asking why the "Ibero-Maurusians" are made into a big deal, but I'm telling him why. My guess however, is that Truthcentric was actually underhandedly saying that Africans should not mind much or argue over EpiPaleolithic Maghrebi series, since they supposedly had no direct role in "major African civilizations". But to me, that's like saying one should interject for the sake of truth, only if there is some self-serving reason behind it. [QUOTE] Setting aside what European ideologues think, do you agree or disagree with that? [/QUOTE]What European ideologues think cannot be set aside, as it is the driver behind that "big deal" that's puzzling to Truthcentric. Having said that, I'll agree that the EpiPaleolithic Maghrebi group have no bearing on "the peopling of the Nile Valley or any other major African civilization" in of itself, but they do have research value, in that their remains, DNA and occupational record allows inquiring minds get a wider grasp of the dynamics of climate change and population movements along the Sahara, which indeed has direct bearing on "the peopling of the Nile Valley and other major African civilizations". While still debatable, for instance, links have been made between the Nile Valley and the "Ibero-Maurusians". [i]The earlier Aterian industries give way to later specialised traditions (Iberomaurusian and Caspian of the Mediterranean coast), which appear 22-20 ky ago (early Iberomaurusian levels at Taforalt, Morocco; Tamar Hat, Algeria)25. [b]Palaeoclimatic reconstructions show that the Maghreb had a different climatic regime from that of other regions, maintaining a refuge of relatively humid conditions during the last glacial maximum[/b]. Between 20-15 ky rainfall was more irregular, and by 12-10 ky maximum aridity settled, when most of inter tropical and tropical Africa had wetter conditions. Ferembach found similarities between the Mechta, Afalou, Taforalt and the fossil of Dar-es Soltane (Aterian, Morocco), which would indicate a local origin of the group. However, the similarities between the Afalou-Taforalt and the Wadi Haifa series from Sudan suggest movements across the Sahara during late Pleistocene - early Holocene times. According to palaeoclimatic data such movements were possible at that time, and they are supported by the distribution of Ounanian and later archaeological sites in the Sahara.[/i] - Arensburg et al. 1995 With the winding down of the aridity in the early Holocene, before the return to aridity starting some time ca. 7,000 years ago or thereafter, the attraction of population movements along the Sahara may have impacted groups situated along the coasts of the Maghreb to some degree or another. They may have been absorbed by some intruding groups in some places, or they may have integrated some intruding elements giving rise to the so-called Capsian occupations in other places. There is noticeable time gap between the Mesolithic Maghrebi groups and the Capsian groups in certain places, while in central north Sahara, there appears to be less void in the occupational record. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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