Neanderthals have been commonly depicted as top predators who met their nutritional
needs by focusing entirely on meat. This information mostly derives from faunal assemblage …

Multiple factors have been proposed to explain the disappearance of Neandertals between
ca. 50 and 40 kyr BP. Central to these discussions has been the identification of new techno …

Abstract Marine isotope stage 3 (MIS 3) was characterised by marked oscillations of extreme
cold episodes with very short warm events during the stadial, and several regional …

Caves are primary sites for studying human and animal subsistence patterns and genetic
ancestry throughout the Palaeolithic. Iberia served as a critical human and animal refugium …

Abstract The Middle and Upper Magdalenian have yielded rich and diverse assemblages of
osseous hunting technology, including projectile points (barbed or not), foreshafts, and …

During the Tardiglacial, the significant changes in plant communities relating to climate
changes were responsible for faunal recompositions perceptible throughout Europe. In this …

Isotopic records from Greenland ice cores have revealed a number of centennial to
millennial-scale climatic fluctuations affecting the eastern North Atlantic during the …

This paper explores the nature of the variability noted in the Late Middle Paleolithic lithic
technology of the Eastern Cantabrian Region. The sequence at Axlor exemplifies this …

This article attempts to provide a relatively complete synthesis of what is currently known
about the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic and the development of human …

During the last glacial period, rapidly changing environments posed substantial challenges
to Neanderthal populations in Europe. Southern continental regions, such as Iberia, have …