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BRINGING BACK FAMILIAR FORMS: RECYCLING QUINA SCRAPERS AT THE LATE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC QESEM CAVE, ISRAEL

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, EarlyView.
Summary This study presents a technological analysis of 18 old patinated scrapers and spalls, mostly of Quina technology, that were recycled into new scrapers of the same type at the Late Lower Palaeolithic site of Qesem Cave, Israel (420–200 kyr). Recycling scrapers into the same Quina and demi‐Quina types offers a rare, controlled opportunity to ...
Bar Efrati
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Mid‐infrared spectroscopy applied to a multi‐level cave system (Montmaurin, SW France): An innovative method for assessing sediment provenance

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deciphering sediment provenance is essential to understand depositional patterns and dynamics. This question is particularly important in archaeological contexts to constrain the sedimentological history of unearthed material—an information critically needed, for example, to estimate the age of the deposits—or to apprehend sediment movement ...
Fuchs Coraline, Rambeau Claire, Ertlen Damien, Rixhon Gilles, Perrenoud Christian, Ponche Jean‐Luc, Trautmann Martine, Benarioumlil Sylvain, Vialet Amélie   +8 more
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Genomic Diversity of Aurochs From a Mediterranean Ice‐Age Refugium

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 13, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The aurochs, the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, was a keystone herbivore in Late Pleistocene Eurasian ecosystems and a major prey species for Palaeolithic hunter‐gatherers. Despite its significance, the genetic structure of aurochs populations that survived the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains poorly understood, especially in southeastern
Vlatka Cubric‐Curik, Dinko Novosel, Zvonimir Mijadžiković, Ivana Keršić, Maja Ferenčaković, Siniša Radović, Aurélien Capitan, Mekki Boussaha, Jesper Stenderup, Ana Prohaska, Eske Willerslev, Ino Curik, Preston T. Miracle   +12 more
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Rib Cross‐Sectional Mineralized Area in Early Pleistocene Hominins: Insights From the Homo antecessor and H. erectus s. l. Fossil Record

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Rib cross‐sectional mineralized area provides valuable insights into mechanical loading and bone growth and remodeling. Given the scarcity of Early Pleistocene costal remains in the context of human evolution, we aimed to study the cross‐sectional anatomy of fossil ribs from that period and compare them to a modern human ontogenetic
J. M. López‐Rey, D. García‐Martínez, A. Gómez‐Olivencia, O. Cambra‐Moo, A. González‐Martín, M. Bastir, J. M. Bermúdez de Castro   +6 more
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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1463-1478, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito, Judith M. Burkart, Carel van Schaik   +2 more
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In Search of the Lost Brown Trout (Salmo trutta Complex) Using DNA of Ancient and Modern Samples From the Southern Italian Peninsula

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The current diversity and distribution of species and populations have been shaped by the major climatic oscillations during the Quaternary. The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a striking example of the strong effect of past climate changes on the evolutionary history of species, in fact, the alternation of glacial/interglacial cycles has led to
Tatiana Fioravanti, Andrea Splendiani, Tommaso Righi, Antonio Tagliacozzo, Daniele Albertini, Vincenzo Caputo Barucchi   +5 more
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Spinning in Circles: the Production and Function of Upper Palaeolithic Rondelles

EXARC Journal, 2019
Rondelles are thin, circular disc cut-outs typically made from the blade of the scapula of medium sized ungulates, such as horse or cervid. These are primarily associated with the Late Upper Palaeolithic Magdalenian and focused around northwest Europe ...
Andy Needham, Andy Langley, Hannah Benton, Sam Biggs, Jessica Cousen, Alice Derry, Molly Hardman, Katharine Macy, Dylan Millar, Elena Murray, Fraser Pock, James Rowsell, Marionna Sandin Catacora, George van Oordt, Daniel Veitch-Scoggins, Aimée Little   +15 more
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New Insights into Mousterian Faunal Assemblages from Uluzzo C (Apulia, Southern Italy)

Quaternary
Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Uluzzo Bay, Apulia, southern Italy) preserves a long and complex stratigraphic sequence spanning from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, offering a valuable context for investigating depositional dynamics and human ...
Angelica Fiorillo, Silvia Irina Monterrosa Preziosi, Sara Silvestrini, Lisa Brotons, Gruppo Speleologico Neretino, Enza Elena Spinapolice, Omry Barzilai, Francesco Berna, Adriana Moroni, Matteo Romandini, Gabriele Terlato, Stefano Benazzi   +11 more
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Lithological and geochemical characterization of ‘adinole’ artefacts from cave deposits in southwest Wales: A material of choice during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic

Quaternary Environments and Humans
Twenty-three artefacts previously identified as being manufactured from adinole, a fine-grained metasomatic rock, from late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic cave sites in southwest Wales have been re-examined in terms of their petrology and geochemistry ...
Richard Bevins, Elizabeth A. Walker, Nick Pearce, Duncan Pirrie, Rob Ixer, Ian Saunders, Matthew Power   +6 more
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Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula

Nature Communications
The process by which Palaeolithic Europe was transformed from a Neanderthal-dominated region to one occupied exclusively by Homo sapiens has proven challenging to diagnose.
Tom Higham, Marine Frouin, Katerina Douka, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Paolo Boscato, Stefano Benazzi, Jacopo Crezzini, Vincenzo Spagnolo, Maxine McCarty, Giulia Marciani, Armando Falcucci, Matteo Rossini, Simona Arrighi, Clarissa Dominici, Thibaut Devièse, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Ivan Martini, Adriana Moroni, Francesco Boschin   +18 more
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