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@article{item_3337858,
title = {{First high resolution chronostratigraphy for the early North African Acheulean at Casablanca (Morocco)}},
author = {Gallotti, Rosalia and Muttoni, Giovanni and Lef{\`e}vre, David and Degeai, Jean-Philippe and Geraads, Denis and Zerboni, Andrea and Andrieu-Ponel, Val{\'e}rie and Maron, Matteo and Perini, Serena and El Graoui, Mohssine and Sanz-Lalibert{\'e}, S{\'e}verine and Daujeard, Camille and Fernandes, Paul and Ru{\'e}, Mathieu and Magoga, Lionel and Mohib, Abderrahim and Raynal, Jean-Paul},
language = {eng},
issn = {2045-2322},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-021-94695-3},
publisher = {Springer Nature ; Nature Publishing Group ; PubMed Central},
address = {Berlin},
year = {2021},
abstract = {{The onset of the Acheulean, marked by the emergence of large cutting tools (LCTs), is considered a major technological advance in the Early Stone Age and a key turning point in human evolution. The Acheulean originated in East Africa at {\textasciitilde} 1.8{\textendash}1.6 Ma and is reported in South Africa between {\textasciitilde} 1.6 and {\textgreater} 1.0 Ma. The timing of its appearance and development in North Africa have been poorly known due to the near-absence of well-dated sites in reliable contexts. The {\textasciitilde} 1 Ma stone artefacts of Tighennif (Algeria) and Thomas Quarry I-Unit L (ThI-L) at Casablanca (Morocco) are thus far regarded as documenting the oldest Acheulean in North Africa but whatever the precision of their stratigraphical position, both deserve a better chronology. Here we provide a chronology for ThI-L, based on new magnetostratigraphic and geochemical data. Added to the existing lithostratigraphy of the Casablanca sequence, these results provide the first robust chronostratigraphic framework for the early North African Acheulean and firmly establish its emergence in this part of the continent back at least to {\textasciitilde} 1.3 Ma.}},
journal = {{Scientific Reports}},
volume = {11},
eid = {15340},
}