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| Pinnacle Point caves |
Evidence researched by Curtis Marean seems to prove that people living at Pinnacle Point, some time between 165 and 120 thousand years ago, were able to understand tides well enough as to gather seafood that was only available a few days each month.
In any case, at the very least this site shows that people were exploiting coastal habitats very early in human prehistory, roughly when we have the first clear evidence of expansion of our species to other corners of Africa, such as Morocco.
Full story at Science News, found via Stone Pages' Archeo News.
Related: Coastal exploitation in Eritrea 125,000 years ago (ref. R.C. Walter et al. Early human occupation of the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during the last interglacial. Nature 2000. PPV but tables and figures are free).
Related: Coastal exploitation in Eritrea 125,000 years ago (ref. R.C. Walter et al. Early human occupation of the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during the last interglacial. Nature 2000. PPV but tables and figures are free).
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