La transición del Paleolítico Medio al Superior en el Suroeste de Europa en base a las dataciones radiocarbónicas [PDF]
In the present paper we systematically evaluate the radiometric database underlying the Middle to Upper Palaeolithc transition in southwestern Europe.The different models which attempt to explain the demographical processes underlying this transition ...
Jöris, Olaf +2 more
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On the Nature of Transitions: the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic and the Neolithic Revolution [PDF]
This article discusses two major revolutions in the history of humankind, namely, the Neolithic and the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic revolutions. The course of the first one is used as a general analogy to study the second, and the older one.
Bar-Yosef, Ofer
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An Early Case of Color Symbolism: Ochre Use by Modern Humans in Qafzeh Cave [PDF]
Prehistoric archaeology provides the temporal depth necessary for understanding the evolution of the unique human ability to construct and use complex symbol systems. The longstanding focus on language, a symbol system that does not leave direct evidence
Bar-Yosef, Ofer +3 more
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The Early Aurignacian in Central Europe and its Place in a European Perspective [PDF]
This paper places the current research on the Aurignacian of the Upper and Middle Danube region in a broader European context. Technological and typological studies show that the Swabian Aurignacian, particularly as documented in the well-dated deposits ...
Teyssandier, Nicolas
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Consumption of canid meat at the Gravettian Předmostí site, the Czech Republic [PDF]
Germonpré, Mietje, Lázničková-Galetová, Martina, Jimenez, Elodie-Laure, Losey, Robert, Sablin, Mikhail, Bocherens, Hervé, Van Den Broeck, Martine (2017): Consumption Of Canid Meat At The Gravettian Předmostí Site, The Czech Republic. Fossil Imprint 73 (3-
Bocherens, Hervé +6 more
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Ahead of the Game: Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Hunting Behaviors in the Southern Caucasus [PDF]
Over the past several decades a variety of models have been proposed to explain perceived behavioral and cognitive differences between Neanderthals and modern humans.
Adler, Daniel S. +3 more
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El Paleolítico Superior de la península ibérica [PDF]
This article attempts to provide a relatively complete synthesis of what is currently known about the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic and the development of human adaptations and cultures during the latter period in the Iberian ...
Straus, Lawrence G.
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Strangers in a Strange Land? : Intimate sociality and emergent creativity in Middle Palaeolithic Europe [PDF]
Europe in the Middle Palaeolithic would have been an unfamiliar world. The landscapes which we reconstruct for this period seem almost alien - often shrouded in ice, occupied by extinct fauna, such as mammoths and woolly rhinoceros, and moreover by ...
Hitchens, Gail +2 more
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A criança do Lapedo e as origens do homem moderno na Península Ibérica [PDF]
Durante as três últimas décadas do século XX, o debate sobre as origens da humanidade actual girou em torno de duas posições fortemente polarizadas (Fig. 1).
Zilhão, João
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How the Aleph-Bet Got Its Shape [PDF]
This thesis follows my earlier work on Aurignacian rock art by drawing a clear line between cave painting in the south of France and the holiest Hebrew script Ktav Ivrit or STA"M.
Glen M Golub
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