Fig. 5
From: Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa

Area 7 chronology and key southern African ESA-MSA sites. From top: MIS and benthic δ18O (LR04 stack)37, and distance from AMZ7 to coastline modelled using relative sea levels80,81and bathymetry82. Published ages for key sites in the interior and southern coast of South Africa, and Area 7 luminescence chronology, showing pIR-IRSL, TT-OSL, and OSL ages, along with their 1σ uncertainty ranges. Map showing location of sites and vegetation biomes of South Africa43, produced using ArcGIS Pro 3.4 (esri.com) and the ALOS Global Digital Surface Model (JAXA).