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A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Stacy Carolin, Louise Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparisons between Neandertals and early modern humans.

, 2016
Comparisons between Neandertals and early modern humans.
Sireen El Zaatari (2633881), Jean-Jacques Hublin (406373), Peter S. Ungar (107895), Frederick E. Grine (272014)   +3 more
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Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe

, 2013
Modern humans replaced Neandertals ?40,000 y ago. Close to the time of replacement, Neandertals show behaviors similar to those of the modern humans arriving into Europe, including the use of specialized bone tools, body ornaments, and small blades.
Jacobs, Zenobia, Maigrot, Y., Skinner, Matthew, Lenoir M., Jacobs Z., Maigrot, Yolaine, Goldberg, Paul, Steele, Teresa E., Soressi, M. ; https://orcid.org/, Soressi, Marie, Miller, Christopher, Rendu, William, Richards, M. ; https://orcid.org/, Skinner, Matthew M, McPherron S. P., Mcpherron, Shannon, Skinner, Matthew M., Martisius N. L., Richards, Michael, Jacobs, Z., Rendu, W., McPherron, S. ; https://orcid.org/, Martisius, N., Steele, T. ; https://orcid.org/, Soressi M., Martisius, Naomi L, Lenoir, Michel, Dogandzic T., Steele, Teresa, Goldberg P., Steele, Teresa E, Texier, J., Lenoir, M., Miller C. E., Miller, C., Talamo S., Miller, Christopher E., Skinner, M. ; https://orcid.org/, Talamo, Sahra, Steele T. E., McPherron, Shannon P, McPherron, Shannon P., Talamo, S. ; https://orcid.org/, Martisius, Naomi L., Richards M., Rendu W., Texier, Jean-Pierre, Maigrot Y., Dogandzic, Tamara, Martisius, Naomi, Texier J. -P., Dogandzic, T. ; https://orcid.org/, Skinner M. M., Miller, Christopher E, Goldberg, P.   +54 more
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Evidence for Neandertal jewelry: modified white-tailed eagle claws at Krapina.

PLoS ONE, 2015
We describe eight, mostly complete white-tailed eagle (Haliaëtus [Haliaeetus] albicilla) talons from the Krapina Neandertal site in present-day Croatia, dating to approximately 130 kyrs ago.
Davorka Radovčić, Ankica Oros Sršen, Jakov Radovčić, David W Frayer   +3 more
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Pego do Diabo (Loures, Portugal): dating the emergence of anatomical modernity in westernmost Eurasia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundNeandertals and the Middle Paleolithic persisted in the Iberian Peninsula south of the Ebro drainage system for several millennia beyond their assimilation/replacement elsewhere in Europe.
João Zilhão, Simon J M Davis, Cidália Duarte, António M M Soares, Peter Steier, Eva Wild   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic in British caves: problems and potential Le Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans les grottes de Grande‐Bretagne : problèmes et potentiels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent years have seen landmark progress in our understanding of early Homo sapiens occupation of Europe, owing to new excavations and the application of new analytical methods. Research on British sites, however, continues to lag. This is because of limitations inherent in existing cave collections, and limited options for new fieldwork at known sites.
Robert Dinnis
wiley   +1 more source

The origin of Neandertals [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Western Eurasia yielded a rich Middle (MP) and Late Pleistocene (LP) fossil record documenting the evolution of the Neandertals that can be analyzed in light of recently acquired paleogenetical data, an abundance of archeological evidence, and a well-known environmental context.
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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello, Mark D. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did viral disease of humans wipe out the Neandertals?

, 2010
Neandertals were an anatomically distinct hominoid species inhabiting a vast geographical area ranging from Portugal to western Siberia and from northern Europe to the Middle East.
Greenwood, A.D., Wolff, H.
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And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird, Julia Galway‐Witham, Chris Stringer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source