In Mali the find situation is less favorable than in the northern neighbors. Excavations at the Ounjougou complexDas Projekt Peuplement humain et paléoenvironnement en Afrique begann 1997 in Ounjougou (Pays dogon – Mali). on the Dogon Plateau near Bandiagara have shown that hunters and gatherers lived in the region more than 150,000 years ago. Dating back to between 70,000 and 25,000 years ago is certain. The Paleolithic ended very early in Mali because after this section 25,000 to 20,000 years ago there was another extreme dry phase, the Ogolia. When towards the end of the savannah landscape.Stefan Kröpelin et al.: Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years. In: Science, 320,5877 (2008) 765–768, doi:10.1126/science.1154913.
In Mali the find situation is less favorable than in the northern neighbors. Excavations at the Ounjougou complexDas Projekt Peuplement humain et paléoenvironnement en Afrique begann 1997 in Ounjougou (Pays dogon – Mali). on the Dogon Plateau near Bandiagara have shown that hunters and gatherers lived in the region more than 150,000 years ago. Dating back to between 70,000 and 25,000 years ago is certain. The Paleolithic ended very early in Mali because after this section 25000 to 20,000 years ago there was another extreme dry phase, the Ogolia. When towards th,e end of the savannah landscape.Stefan Kröpelin et al.: Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years. In: Science, 320,5877 (2008) 765–768, doi:10.1126/science.1154913.