Wave 6
The
Trimaran culture is closely related to that of the High Weir - close enough, in fact, as to cause debate over whether they should be classed together or not. Regardless, these sites show a greater concentration of dog and langur remains, as well as preserved boats, than neighbouring Weir cultures.
The
Later Weir stage is characterized distinctly from the Inland Weir by the presence of savannah - rather than plateau - tailored hunting practices, and a gradual supplantation of otter-based hunting tactics with those using dogs for larger game.
The
Harpoon Acheulite stage shows many Trimaran/Weir influences not seen in the Upper Acheulite; of note are more elaborate boats, and bone harpoons carved from larger sea mammals, implying a culture capable of traveling further out to sea than many neighbouring groups.
The
Hamanas B stage continues the arboreal trends of the Later Hamanas, as well as adopting the use of dogs for hunting.
The
Laakeroi culture appears to have been descended from the Southern Acheroi, though it has adopted notable semi-nomadic lifestyles and artistic traditions of the Helleroi. The Helleroi culture itself is extremely notable for showing the first signs of (non-urban and non-agricultural) sedentary settlements, in a few extremely rare sights along the coast.
The
Low Otterman and
High Otterman subcultures are distinguished from earlier stages in greater Acheulite and Acheroi influences upon their art and settlement patterns; additionally, the High Otterman sites have been noted to show signs of otters being eaten by humans, which had not happened in earlier stages.
Evidence suggests that the
Ân Gūyò and
Lài Zāqí archaeological sites - the first outside of the original continent
Homo sapiens evolved upon - both are descended from a single population, presumably blown across the ocean from one of the maritime cultures populating the upper peninsula there. The region they came to inhabit was filled with dense tropical cloud forests in low highlands, and was populated by extremely different wildlife than the other continent - large flightless birds and reptiles were largely replaced by mammals, including marsupials and larger creatures such as forest buffalo. Many large seabirds occupy the coastlines; and, indeed, the Lài Zāqí sites contain a particularly high number of remains from cormorants and similar species, implying that they may have been used either as a food source or, as some later cultures would do, for comorant fishing. By contrast, the Ân Gūyò sites were better suited to work in the foothills, and include the earliest known examples of atlatls. No known species from their homelands were brought with them.
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