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 …

Marked by a progressive increase in the amplitude of climate oscillations, an evolving
waveform, and a shift towards a quasi-100 ky frequency, the Early–Middle Pleistocene …

The first arrivals of hominin populations into Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene are
currently considered to have occurred as short and poorly dated biological dispersions …

The human settlement of Europe during Pleistocene times was sporadic and several stages
have been recognized, both from paleaoanthropological and archaeological records. If the …

The emergence of alternative luminescence dating techniques, such as thermally
transferred optically stimulated luminescence (TT-OSL), post-infrared infrared stimulated …

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of optically bleached quartz grains was performed on
three sediment samples collected from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada …

The period between 600 and 400 ka is a critical phase for human evolution in Europe. The
south and northwest saw a dramatic increase in sites, the spread of handaxe technology …

The introduction of biface technology in the Lower Palaeolithic arguably marked a
fundamental change in how early hominins dealt with their world. It is suggested to reflect …

In the context of the Western European Acheulean Project, this study aims to characterize
Acheulean technology in Western Europe through the analysis of handaxes and cleavers …