The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition occupations from Cova Foradada (Calafell, NE Iberia). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe covers the last millennia of Neanderthal life together with the appearance and expansion of Modern Human populations.
Juan I Morales +10 more
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The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion
Ludovic Slimak
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Climate-driven habitat shifts of high-ranked prey species structure Late Upper Paleolithic hunting [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Changing climates in the past affected both human and faunal population distributions, thereby structuring human diets, demography, and cultural evolution. Yet, separating the effects of climate-driven and human-induced changes in prey species abundances
Peter M. Yaworsky +2 more
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Chronological reassessment of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition and Early Upper Paleolithic cultures in Cantabrian Spain. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Methodological advances in dating the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition provide a better understanding of the replacement of local Neanderthal populations by Anatomically Modern Humans.
Ana B Marín-Arroyo +9 more
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Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician Industry and South Moravian Sites: a Homo sapiens Late Initial Upper Paleolithic with Bohunician Industrial Generic Roots in Europe. [PDF]
J Paleolit Archaeol, 2023 This article re-examines the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ) industry, a well-known Early Upper Paleolithic complex in northern Europe. It is widely thought that the LRJ was produced by late Neanderthals and that its industrial roots are in late
Demidenko YE, Škrdla P.
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First record of the sound produced by the oldest Upper Paleolithic seashell horn. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2021 A prehistoric conch shell converted into a musical instrument makes its first sounds in 18,000 years. Anthropologists and ethnomusicologists assert that there is no society without song, and more specifically, there is no ritual or celebration without ...
Fritz C +7 more
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The absolute chronology of Boker Tachtit (Israel) and implications for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Levant. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) marks a distinct cultural change possibly related to Homo sapiens dispersals into Eurasia. New radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dates from the recent excavations at Boker Tachtit, Negev ...
Boaretto E +9 more
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Upper Paleolithic Figurines Showing Women with Obesity may Represent Survival Symbols of Climatic Change. [PDF]
Obesity (Silver Spring), 2021 Figurines of women with obesity or who are pregnant (“Venus figurines”) from Upper Paleolithic Europe rank among the earliest art and endured from 38,000 to 14,000 BP (before present), one of the most arduous climatic periods in human history. We propose
Johnson RJ, Lanaspa MA, Fox JW.
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Pleistocene hunter-gatherer coastal adaptations in Atlantic Iberia [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Coastal prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Atlantic Iberia were particularly important to understanding Paleolithic human innovation and resilience. This study will focus on Middle and Upper Paleolithic adaptations to the Iberian Atlantic border.
Nuno Bicho, Eduardo Esteves
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The conquest of the dark spaces: An experimental approach to lighting systems in Paleolithic caves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Artificial lighting was a crucial physical resource for expanding complex social and economic behavior in Paleolithic groups. Furthermore, the control of fire allowed the development of the first symbolic behavior in deep caves, around 176 ky BP.
Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide +8 more
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