[HTML][HTML] The modern human colonization of western Eurasia: when and where?

JJ Hublin - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Dating the timing of the replacement of local Neandertal populations by modern humans in
western Eurasia at the dawn of the Upper Palaeolithic remains challenging due to the …

Out of Africa and the evolution of human behavior

RG Klein - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, news, and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty‐one years ago, a landmark exploration of mitochondrial DNA diversity popularized
the idea of a recent African origin for all living humans. 1 The ancestral African population …

Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals

J Zilhão, DE Angelucci… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Two sites of the Neandertal-associated Middle Paleolithic of Iberia, dated to as early as
approximately 50,000 years ago, yielded perforated and pigment-stained marine shells. At …

Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

S Benazzi, K Douka, C Fornai, CC Bauer, O Kullmer… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The appearance of anatomically modern humans in Europe and the nature of the transition
from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic are matters of intense debate. Most researchers …

Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne

F Welker, M Hajdinjak, S Talamo… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
In Western Europe, the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition is associated with the
disappearance of Neandertals and the spread of anatomically modern humans (AMHs) …

Neanderthal coexistence with Homo sapiens in Europe was affected by herbivore carrying capacity

M Vidal-Cordasco, G Terlato, D Ocio… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
It has been proposed that climate change and the arrival of modern humans in Europe
affected the disappearance of Neanderthals due to their impact on trophic resources; …

A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel

I Hershkovitz, H May, R Sarig, A Pokhojaev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures?

F d'Errico, CB Stringer - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Crucial questions in the debate on the origin of quintessential human behaviours are
whether modern cognition and associated innovations are unique to our species and …

The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain)

I Toro-Moyano, B Martínez-Navarro, J Agustí… - Journal of Human …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Orce region has one of the best late Pliocene and early Pleistocene continental
paleobiological records of Europe. It is situated in the northeastern sector of the …

The emergence of ornaments and art: an archaeological perspective on the origins of “behavioral modernity”

J Zilhão - Journal of archaeological research, 2007 - Springer
The earliest known personal ornaments come from the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa,
c. 75,000 years ago, and are associated with anatomically modern humans. In Europe, such …