Abstract The Pontocaspian (Black Sea-Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of
basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys …

The timing and location of the emergence of our species and of associated behavioural
changes are crucial for our understanding of human evolution. The earliest fossil attributed …

Global climate shifted to markedly warmer interglacial conditions across the “mid-Brunhes
transition”(MBT,~ 400 ka). However, a global MBT synthesis that spans marine and …

Control of fire is one of the most important technological innovations within the evolution of
humankind. The archaeological signal of fire use becomes very visible from around 400,000 …

Ancient DNA is revealing new insights into the genetic relationship between Pleistocene
hominins and modern humans. Nuclear DNA indicated Neanderthals as a sister group of …

Early Levallois core technology is usually dated in Europe to the end of Marine Isotope
Stage (MIS) 9 and particularly from the beginning of MIS 8 to MIS 6. This technology is …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over the last three million
years hominins' technological strategies shifted from occasional tool use, much like that …

Abstract African Middle Stone Age (MSA) populations used pigments, manufactured and
wore personal ornaments, made abstract engravings, and produced fully shaped bone tools …

Archaeogenetic studies have described the formation of Eurasian 'steppe ancestry'as a
mixture of Eastern and Caucasus hunter-gatherers. However, it remains unclear when and …