- Mechta-
Afalou, also
known as
Mechtoid or Paleo-Berber, are a po****tion that
inhabited parts of
North Africa during the late
Paleolithic and Mesolithic...
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included 8
skeletons from the
Algerian Iberomaurusian site
called '
Afalou'. The
Afalou site is
dated from 15,000 to 11,000 YBP. 23
individuals from the...
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traditionally classed into two
variegate types: Proto-Mediterranean and Mechta-
Afalou on the
basis of
cranial morphology and
anthropological traits. Some have...
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brachycephalic Homo
sapiens dating to the
Mesolithic and
Neolithic (e.g.
Afalou, Hvellinge, Fjelkinge). Coon's
theories on race were much
disputed in his...
- 2013,
Iberomaurusian skeletons from the
prehistoric sites of
Taforalt and
Afalou in the
Maghreb were also
analyzed for
ancient DNA. All of the specimens...
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archaeological deposits such as the
Afalou caves where some of the
oldest burials of
modern men,
known as Mechta-
Afalou men, have been found,
which testifies...
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Taforalt dated 23,000–10,800 YBP and 7
individuals at the
similar Afalou site Mechta-
Afalou in
Algeria dated 15,000–11,000 YBP were analyzed. 19 of the 21...
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found among Iberomaurusian specimens dating from the
Epipaleolithic at the
Afalou prehistoric site.
Around 22% of the
observed haplotypes belonged to various...
- to the west, of
south Oran (the
regions of Figuig, Ain Sefra, El Bayadh,
Afalou and Tiaret), to
which they are related.
Comparable engravings have also...
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Iberomaurusian specimens dating from the
Epipaleolithic at the
Taforalt and
Afalou prehistoric sites.
Among the
Taforalt individuals,
around 13% of the observed...
