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Arid period documented in southern Nigeria at Odo Ogun
At Odo Ogun a Middle Stone Age industry was found associated with an angular pediment gravel regarded as resulting from an arid period in southern Nigeria around 18,000 BC.
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Arid period documented in southern Nigeria at Odo Ogun
At Odo Ogun a Middle Stone Age industry was found associated with an angular pediment gravel regarded as resulting from an arid period in southern Nigeria around 18,000 BC.
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At Odo Ogun a Middle Stone Age industry was found associated with an angular pediment gravel regarded as resulting from an arid period in southern Nigeria around 18,000 BC. This evidence fits within the broader pattern of the dry period centred on that date across West Africa.