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Ancient DNA reveals monozygotic newborn twins from the Upper Palaeolithic

Communications Biology, 2020
The Upper Palaeolithic double burial of newborns and the single burial of a ca. 3-month-old infant uncovered at the Gravettian site of Krems-Wachtberg, Austria, are of paramount importance given the rarity of immature human remains from this time. Genome-
M. Teschler-Nicola, D. Fernandes, M. Händel, Thomas Einwögerer, U. Simon, Christine Neugebauer-Maresch, S. Tangl, P. Heimel, T. Dobsak, A. Retzmann, T. Prohaska, J. Irrgeher, D. Kennett, Iňigo Olalde, D. Reich, R. Pinhasi   +15 more
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New evidence for the Palaeolithic in Attica, Greece

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2018
Despite Greece’s key geographic position between southeast Europe and southwest Asia, and its potential for documenting hominin dispersals, Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites are rare.
Justin Allen Holcomb, Curtis Runnels, Duncan Howitt-Marshall, Evangelos Sachperoglou   +3 more
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The Palaeolithic sequence of the Arma dell’Aquila (Finale Ligure, Savona, North-western Italy)

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021
The excavations carried out in the rock-shelter of Arma dell’Aquila by C. Richard in 1938 and 1940 led to the discovery of a thick stratigraphy, the lowermost deposit of which yielded evidence of different periods of Upper Palaeolithic occupation.
Biagi, P., Starnini, E.
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An Annotated Compilation of Chronometric Dates for the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Transition (45-30 ka BP) in Northern Iberia (Spain)

Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2023
The dataset described in this paper presents an annotated compilation of absolute dates obtained from archaeological sites located in northern Iberia corresponding broadly to the Cantabrian region (Spain).
Mikel Díaz-Rodríguez, Trine Kellberg Nielsen, Andreas Maier, Felix Riede   +3 more
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The new 14C chronology for the Palaeolithic site of La Ferrassie, France: the disappearance of Neanderthals and the arrival of Homo sapiens in France

Journal of Quaternary Science, 2020
The grand abri at La Ferrassie (France) has been a key site for Palaeolithic research since the early part of the 20th century. It became the eponymous site for one variant of Middle Palaeolithic stone tools, and its sequence was used to define stages of
S. Talamo, Vera Aldeias, Paul Goldberg, L. Chiotti, H. Dibble, Guillaume Guérin, J. Hublin, S. Madelaine, Raquel Maria, D. Sandgathe, T. Steele, Alain Turq, Shannon J. P. McPherron   +12 more
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Timing of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian inland (Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Portugal)

Quaternary Research, 2020
The timing of the Neanderthal-associated Middle Palaeolithic demise and a possible overlap with anatomically modern humans (AMH) in some regions of Eurasia continues to be debated.
T. Aubry, L. Dimuccio, António Fernando Barbosa, Luís Luís, André Tomás Santos, Marcelo Silvestre, K. Thomsen, E. Rades, M. Autzen, A. Murray   +9 more
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The role of foxes in the Palaeolithic economies of the Swabian Jura (Germany)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020
In this study, we examine the role of foxes in Palaeolithic economies, focusing on sites of the Middle Palaeolithic, Aurignacian, Gravettian and Magdalenian of the Swabian Jura. For this purpose, we used published faunal data from 26 assemblages from the
Chris Baumann, Gillian L. Wong, B. Starkovich, Susanne C. Münzel, N. Conard   +4 more
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Cave Palaeolithic of the Ural Mountains – a review

Boreas, EarlyView.
The Ural Mountains are of fundamental importance for studying early human migrations along the geographical limits between Europe and Asia. Geological processes and past climates gave rise to numerous caves, mostly in Palaeozoic carbonate formations.
Jiřı́ Chlachula
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The ‘invisible’ pits: how informative are old excavations in discussing Middle Palaeolithic burials?

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2016
In this paper I focus on the potential of Palaeolithic sites excavated before the establishment of modern methods, aiming to provide reliable information on current debates. Specifically, I will address the reliability of the information coming from such
Doboș, A.
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Trente ans après Leroi-Gourhan, où en sont les paléolithiciens ?

Archéopages, 2008
Archaeologists specialising in the Palaeolithic owe Leroi-Gourhan many methodological advances, and the questions he raised are constantly being re-examined and broadened by prehistorians.
Françoise Audouze
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