Taforalt, or Grotte des Pigeons, is a cave in the province of Berkane, Aït Iznasen region, Morocco, possibly the oldest cemetery in North Africa.[1] It contained at least 34[2]: 347 Iberomaurusian adolescent and adult human skeletons, as well as younger ones, from the Upper Palaeolithic between 15,100 and 14,000 calendar years ago. There is archaeological evidence for Iberomaurusian occupation at the site between 23,200 and 12,600 calendar years ago, as well as evidence for Aterian occupation as old as 85,000 years.[3][4]
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^V. Mariotti; B. Bonfiglioli; F. Facchini; S. Condemi; M.G. Belcastro (2009). "Funerary practices of the Iberomaurusian population of Taforalt (Tafoughalt; Morocco, 11-12,000 BP): new hypotheses based on grave skeletal inventory and evidence of deliberate human modification of the remains". Journal of Human Evolution. 56 (4): 340–354. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.001. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 19362729. The highest value [for the Minimum Number of Individuals] is given by the right femur, according to which there are at least 34 individuals. On the basis of cranial specimens (unmarked fragments were not considered), the MNI is 33. Therefore, the MNI of the whole necropolis can be plausibly estimated at 35-40 individuals. This is much less than the value given by Ferembach (1962) of 86 adults and adolescents, obtained simply by adding the individuals in each grave.
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Taforalt, or Grotte des Pigeons, is a cave in the province of Berkane, Aït Iznasen region, Morocco, possibly the oldest cemetery in North Africa. It contained...
from the Taforalt site. The fossils were directly dated to between 15,100 and 13,900 calibrated years before present. All males at Taforalt belonged to...
Iberomaurusian/Taforalt-like population contributed to the genetic composition of Natufians "and not the other way around", and that this Iberomaurusian/Taforalt lineage...
African populations have been described as a mosaic of North African (Taforalt), Middle Eastern, European (Early European Farmers) and sub-Saharan ancestries...
Africa, which have been described as a mosaic of local Northern African (Taforalt), Middle Eastern, European (Early European Farmers), and Sub-Saharan African-related...
found among Iberomaurusian specimens dating from the Epipaleolithic at the Taforalt prehistoric site. One ancient individual carried a haplotype, which correlates...
Northern African specimens, such as the c. 15,000 year old Iberomaurusian Taforalt man, but also specimens from the "last Green Sahara" and the Savanna Pastoral...
Tafoughalt or Taforalt (Arabic: تافوغالت) is a town in Berkane Province, Oriental, Morocco. It is located in the centre of Beni Snassen mountains. According...
specimens dating from the Epipaleolithic at the Taforalt and Afalou prehistoric sites. Among the Taforalt individuals, around 13% of the observed haplotypes...
Irhoud. Much later Morocco was part of Iberomaurusian culture, including Taforalt. It dates from the establishment of Mauretania and other ancient Berber...
Iberomaurusian specimens at the Taforalt and Afalou prehistoric sites, which date from the Epipaleolithic. Among the Taforalt individuals, around 17% of the...
Holocene. In 2013, Iberomaurusian skeletons from the prehistoric sites of Taforalt and Afalou in the Maghreb were also analyzed for ancient DNA. All of the...
petroglyphs around them. Evidence from isotope analysis of human remains from Taforalt (Morocco), interpreted as indicative as substantial plant-based component...
crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas have been filled. Taforalt cave in Morocco is possibly the oldest known cemetery in the world. It...
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Aterian culture area.” Ifri n'Ammar (Morocco) Contrebandiers (Morocco) Taforalt (Morocco) Rhafas (Morocco) Dar es Soltan I (Morocco) El Mnasra (Morocco)...
N'Ammar Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa Ifri Oudadane Jebel Irhoud Kelif el Boroud Taforalt Mozambique Ngalue Namibia Apollo 11 The White Lady Nigeria Rop Somaliland...
N'Ammar Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa Ifri Oudadane Jebel Irhoud Kelif el Boroud Taforalt Mozambique Ngalue Namibia Apollo 11 The White Lady Nigeria Rop Somaliland...
N'Ammar Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa Ifri Oudadane Jebel Irhoud Kelif el Boroud Taforalt Mozambique Ngalue Namibia Apollo 11 The White Lady Nigeria Rop Somaliland...
Paleolithic, followed by other Neolithic migration events. Genetic data on the Taforalt samples "demonstrated that Northern Africa received significant amounts...
origin. The Natufian population also displays ancestral ties to Paleolithic Taforalt samples, the makers of the Epipaleolithic Iberomaurusian culture of the...
dogs) and West European dogs". The Ancient North African Iberomaurusian (Taforalt) individuals were found to have harbored ~65% West Eurasian-like ancestry...
the Middle Pastoral Period (7000 BP), carried basal haplogroup N. The Taforalts of Morocco, who were found to be 63.5% Natufian, were also found to be...
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