Few topics in palaeoanthropology have generated more recent debate than the nature and
causes of the remarkable transformation in human behavioral patterns that marked the …

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 …

Abstract The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe witnessed the replacement
and partial absorption of local Neanderthal populations by Homo sapiens populations of …

In Western Europe, the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition is associated with the
disappearance of Neandertals and the spread of anatomically modern humans (AMHs) …

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 …

Since 1991, excavations at Blombos Cave have yielded a well-preserved sample of faunal
and cultural material in Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels. The uppermost MSA phase, M1, is …

Our knowledge of the migration routes of the first anatomically modern populations
colonising the European territory at the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic, of their degree …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

Here we report on newly identified beads recovered from four Middle Stone Age levels at
Blombos Cave and, in particular, on a cluster of 24 perforated Nassarius kraussianus shells …

The transition from the Middle Paleolithic (MP) to Upper Paleolithic (UP) is marked by the
replacement of late Neandertals by modern humans in Europe between 50,000 and 40,000 …