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The oldest anatomically modern humans from far southeast Europe: direct dating, culture and behavior. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Anatomically Modern Humans (AMHs) are known to have spread across Europe during the period coinciding with the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition.
Sandrine Prat +8 more
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Lithics of the North African Middle Stone Age: assumptions, evidence and future directions
, 2019 North Africa features some of the earliest manifestations of the Middle Stone Age (MSA) and fossils of our species, Homo sapiens, as well as early examples of complex culture and the long distance transfer of exotic raw materials.
Scerri, E., Spinapolica, E.
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L'archeologia sperimentale come metodo di indagine per lo studio delle Veneri del Paleolitico Superiore [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper we propose a new methodology to approach the study of the Upper Paleolithic Venus figurines using the scientific principles of experimental archaeology.
Basile, Martina
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Dating the landscape evolution around the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave
Scientific Reports, 2021 The Chauvet cave (UNESCO World Heritage site, France) is located in the Ardèche Gorge, a unique physical and cultural landscape. Its setting within the gorge—overlooking a meander cutoff containing a natural arch called the Pont d’Arc—is also remarkable.
Kim Genuite +8 more
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The date of interbreeding between Neandertals and modern humans [PDF]
, 2012 Comparisons of DNA sequences between Neandertals and present-day humans have shown that Neandertals share more genetic variants with non-Africans than with Africans.
Li, Heng +4 more
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The “Upper Paleolithic” of South Arabia
, 2009 The practice of assigning names to archaeological periods in Arabia is inherently problematic. Just as the Arabian subcontinent is the geographic bridge between Africa and Eurasia; similarly, it is wedged between the bifurcation of Eurasian and African taxonomic schema.
Rose, Jeffrey I., Usik, Vitaly I.
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.Abstract The transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Late Glacial marked a shift from the cold conditions of Greenland Stadial‐2 (GS‐2) to the warmer phases of Greenland Interstadial‐1 (GI‐1), enabling the reoccupation of Alpine regions by Late Palaeolithic hunter‐gatherers.
Mahym Amanova +2 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García +9 more
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The decorative practice based on natural forms in the Paleolithic of the Urals
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2018 In recent years, archaeologists have found objects of decorative activity based on natural forms of bone and stone which were manufactured by men in the Ural-Volga region at the Upper Paleolithic monuments in the Kama area (Shirovanovo site), in the ...
Kotov V.G.
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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 +3 more
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