Climatic and environmental changes have been commonly proposed as driving factors
behind the decline of Neanderthals in Europe. The Cantabrian region, in northern Iberia, is a …

Paleoclimate records from the western Mediterranean have been used to further understand
the role of climatic changes in the replacement of archaic human populations inhabiting …

Esquilleu cave site has provided a moderately well preserved archaeological cave deposit
from the Late Pleistocene in the Cantabrian area. Phytolith quantification, identification and …

In this study we present optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating results obtained at
one of the most important open‐air M iddle P alaeolithic sites in the S ierra de A tapuerca …

A quick glance at the evolution of lithic assemblages throughout prehistory highlights a great
variability in the time and effort invested in technological activities. This variability has been …

Bones or fossil fuels associated with combustion structures have been widely discussed in
several works related to Neanderthal lifestyles and subsistence patterns during the MIS 3. El …

Torres et al.(2010) published a series of radiocarbon, AAR, ESR and OSL dates from the site
of El Sidrón, northern Spain, which is notable for the discovery of the partial remains of 12 …

Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars is an Upper Pleistocene fluvial deposit containing the
remains of large mammals, principally accumulated in the framework of hyena denning in …

Background It has been proposed that a greater control and more extensive use of fire was
one of the behavioral innovations that emerged in Africa among early Modern Humans …

This article aims to delve into the reality of glacial refuges of forests and tree species
(including conifers, mesothermophilous angiosperms and xerothermic scrub) during the cold …