Levantine corridor
| The Neolithic |
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| ↑ Mesolithic |
| ↓ Chalcolithic |
The Levantine corridor is the relatively narrow strip in
spread from Africa to Eurasia via the Levantine corridor and Horn of Africa.[2] The corridor is named after the Levant
.
Location and geography
The Levantine Corridor is the western part of the Fertile Crescent, the eastern part being Mesopotamia.
Dispersal route for plants
Botanists recognize this area as a dispersal route of plant species.[3]
Dispersal route for humans
The distribution of Y-chromosome and mtDNA haplogroups suggests that during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, the Levantine corridor was more important for bi-directional human migrations between Africa and Eurasia than was the Horn of Africa.[4]
The term is used frequently by
archaeologists as an area that includes Cyprus, where important developments occurred during the Neolithic Revolution.[5]
The first sedentary villages were established around fresh water springs and lakes in the Levantine corridor by the
Natufian culture.[6]
References
- ^ PMID 24039825.
- ISBN 1-84217-155-0 (book review)
- ^ Bar-Yosef O. Pleistocene connections between Africa and Southwest Asia: an archaeological perspective, African Archaeological Review, 1987, vol. 5, pp. 29–38.
- ^ J. R. Luis et al., "The Levant versus the Horn of Africa: Evidence for Bidirectional Corridors of Human Migrations" Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, American Journal of Human Genetics, 74: 532-544.
- ISBN 978-0-8165-2966-7. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-415-23001-8. Retrieved 27 September 2012.