This review presents the themes of a special issue dealing with environmental scenarios of
human evolution during the Early Pleistocene (2.6–0.78 Ma; MIS 103-MIS 19) and early …

Our updated review of sites bearing hominin remains and/or tools from Europe, including
new findings from the Balkans, still indicates that the only compelling evidence of main …

The Sierra de Atapuerca sites offer a chronological sequence that allows the evolution of
technology at a local scale during the Early and Middle Pleistocene to be reconstructed. This …

Zooarcheological research is an important tool in reconstructing subsistence, as well as for
inferring relevant aspects regarding social behavior in the past. The organization of hunting …

Recent discoveries of evidence for hominin activity in Britain before MIS 13 challenge
previous understanding of the nature of the earliest colonization of NW Europe. Insights into …

We carry out a new paleomagnetic study across stratigraphic layer TD7 of Gran Dolina Site,
Atapuerca, and reassess the existing absolute ages (thermoluminescence, electron spin …

The Sierra de Atapuerca sites (Spain) have yielded excellent data and they represent the
longest chronological sequence discovered in Europe to date, covering the late Early …

This paper proposes a new theoretical model to explain the evolution of the genus Homo in
Europe during the Early and the Middle Pleistocene in the light of the latest human …

The evolution of the Torcas cave system (Sierra de Atapuerca) is analysed in order to shed
light on the formation of the Atapuerca archaeological sites and human occupation in the …

New fieldwork and the revision of lithic collections during the past decade have renewed our
interpretation of the timing and characteristics of the earliest Acheulean techno-complexes in …