[HTML][HTML] Late Neanderthal “menu” from northern to southern Italy: freshwater and terrestrial animal resources

M Romandini, S Silvestrini, C Real, F Lugli… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the unanswered questions in Palaeolithic studies is how Neanderthals adapted their
subsistence strategies by changing their diet at such a late stage of their existence …

Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula

T Higham, M Frouin, K Douka, A Ronchitelli… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The process by which Palaeolithic Europe was transformed from a Neanderthal-dominated
region to one occupied exclusively by Homo sapiens has proven challenging to diagnose. A …

Not just a technique! An experimental approach to refine the definition of the bipolar anvil reduction in the Uluzzian

D Delpiano, G Marciani, J Conforti, S Lombardo… - Archaeological and …, 2024 - Springer
The bipolar technique has been widely used across a wide range of prehistoric contexts,
from the Lower Pleistocene to the Metal Ages, and is a defining feature of the Uluzzian …

Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics

M Peresani, G Monegato, C Ravazzi, S Bertola… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 30 to 16.5 ka ago), the Great Adriatic-Po
Region (GAPR) was deeply affected by the spread of glaciers from the Alps to the southern …

Genetics and material culture support repeated expansions into Paleolithic Eurasia from a population hub out of Africa

L Vallini, G Marciani, S Aneli, E Bortolini… - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The population dynamics that followed the Out of Africa (OoA) expansion and the
whereabouts of the early migrants before the differentiation that ultimately led to the …

Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy

A Columbu, V Chiarini, C Spötl, S Benazzi… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The causes of Neanderthal–modern human (MH) turnover are ambiguous. While potential
biocultural interactions between the two groups are still little known, it is clear that …

Integrating ZooMS and zooarchaeology: new data from the Uluzzian levels of Uluzzo C Rock Shelter, Roccia San Sebastiano cave and Riparo del Broion

S Silvestrini, F Lugli, M Romandini, C Real… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In this study we explore the potential of combining traditional zooarchaeological
determination and proteomic identification of morphologically non-diagnostic bone …

Early upper paleolithic cultural variability in the Southern levant: new evidence from Nahal Rahaf 2 rockshelter, judean desert, Israel

M Shemer, E Boaretto, N Greenbaum… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Levantine Early Upper Paleolithic (ca. 45–30 ka) has been a focus of research
because of its unique position as a conduit of human, flora, and fauna species between …

[BUCH][B] Updating Neanderthals: understanding behavioural complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic

F Romagnoli, F Rivals, S Benazzi - 2022 - books.google.com
Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioral Complexity in the Late Middle Paleolithic
provides comprehensive knowledge on Neanderthals who lived throughout the European …

Less is more! Uluzzian technical behaviour at the cave site of Castelcivita (southern Italy)

M Rossini, G Marciani, S Arrighi, MCP Santos… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Uluzzian techno-complex is one of the first evidence for Homo sapiens successful
dispersal in Europe. It develops from about 45 to 40 ka cal. BP, ie, during the so-called …