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The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
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Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution Avancées récentes dans l’étude du dernier million d'années d’évolution physique et éthologique de l'espèce humaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer   +3 more
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European Palaeolithic Rock Art and Spatial Structures

, 2017
This chapter examines the question of spatiality/spatial structure in rock art by focusing on European Upper Palaeolithic art, commonly known as cave art.
Jean Clottes
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Lugar de paso, memorias antiguas. El yacimiento del Arroyo de las Almas (La Fregeneda, Salamanca) y su arte rupestre Paleolítico al aire libre = Place of Passage, Ancient Memories. The Site of Arroyo de las Almas (La Fregeneda, Salamanca) and its Open-Air Palaeolithic Rock Art

Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 2020
El yacimiento rupestre al aire libre del Arroyo de las Almas, en las inmediaciones del encuentro entre los ríos Águeda y Duero, presenta un conjunto de 600 motivos grabados, con una larga diacronía desde el Paleolítico Superior hasta la Edad ...
Mario Reis, Carlos Vázquez Marcos
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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
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La figura humana femenina en el arte parietal paleolítico del sur peninsular : a propósito de las "Venus Egabrenses"

Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 2009
La revisión de que han sido objeto las manifestaciones gráficas paleolíticas de la cueva de la Ermita del Calvario, en Cabra (Córdoba), ha venido a confirmar al sur de la Península Ibérica como uno de los espacios más interesantes en cuanto sus ...
Rafael Maura Mijares, Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez, Pedro Cantalejo Duarte, Antonio Moreno Rosas, Antonio Aranda Cruces   +4 more
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Artists on the edge of the world: An integrated approach to the study of Magdalenian engraved stone plaquettes from Jersey (Channel Islands).

PLoS ONE, 2020
The Upper Palaeolithic is characterised by the appearance of iconographic expressions most often depicting animals, including anthropomorphic forms, and geometric signs.
Silvia M Bello, Edward Blinkhorn, Andrew Needham, Martin Bates, Sarah Duffy, Aimée Little, Matt Pope, Beccy Scott, Andrew Shaw, Mark D Welch, Tim Kinnaird, Lisa Millar, Ruth Robinson, Chantal Conneller   +13 more
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Mapping Palaeolithic Imprints: Spatial Analysis of Hand Stencils in El Castillo Cave (Spain) Through Geomatic Techniques

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Iñigo Urrestarazu‐Porta, Martin Arriolabengoa, Sergio Salazar, Verónica Fernández‐Navarro, Aritz Irurtzun, Diego Garate   +7 more
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Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

Boreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Malte Hoffmann, Tobias Lauer, Utz Böhner, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
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Un art rupestre paléolithique au-delà de l’Oural ?

Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019
Chronological estimation of rock art figures based on stylistical criterias, especially when a very ancient age is suspected, is never easy to argue.
Catherine Cretin, Jean-Michel Geneste, Hugues Plisson, Lydia V. Zotkina, Dimitri V., Vyacheslav I. Molodin, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Philip Deline, Ludovic Ravanel   +8 more
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