The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age

D Richter, R Grün, R Joannes-Boyau, TE Steele… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The timing and location of the emergence of our species and of associated behavioural
changes are crucial for our understanding of human evolution. The earliest fossil attributed …

Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos

JL Arsuaga, I Martínez, LJ Arnold, A Aranburu… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Seventeen Middle Pleistocene crania from the Sima de los Huesos site (Atapuerca, Spain)
are analyzed, including seven new specimens. This sample makes it possible to thoroughly …

On the ecological context of the earliest human settlements in Europe: resource availability and competition intensity in the carnivore guild of Barranco León-D and …

G Rodríguez-Gómez, P Palmqvist, J Rodríguez… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
With an age of∼ 1.4 Ma, the Early Pleistocene archaeopaleontological sites of Barranco
León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain) provide the oldest evidence on …

Integrated geochronology of Acheulian sites from the southern Latium (central Italy): Insights on human-environment interaction and the technological innovations …

A Pereira, S Nomade, MH Moncel, P Voinchet… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have explored the multimethod approach combining 40 Ar/39 Ar on single crystal, ESR
on bleached quartz, and ESR/U-series on teeth to improve the age of four neighbours …

Evaluating the suitability of extended-range luminescence dating techniques over early and Middle Pleistocene timescales: Published datasets and case studies from …

LJ Arnold, M Demuro, JM Parés… - Quaternary …, 2015 - Elsevier
The emergence of alternative luminescence dating techniques, such as thermally
transferred optically stimulated luminescence (TT-OSL), post-infrared infrared stimulated …

New radiometric dates on the lowest stratigraphical section (TD1 to TD6) of Gran Dolina site (Atapuerca, Spain)

D Moreno, C Falgueres, A Pérez-González… - Quaternary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ages based on independent methods, such as combined ESR-U series, luminescence, and
magnetostratigraphic analyses have been obtained for the upper stratigraphical section of …

The early acheulean technology of barranc de la Boella (catalonia, Spain)

M Mosquera, A Ollé, P Saladie, I Cáceres… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since 2007, excavations at Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain) have
revealed three localities with rich archaeo-paleontological assemblages: La Mina, El Forn …

The early Acheulian of north-western Europe

MH Moncel, N Ashton, A Lamotte, A Tuffreau… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

New luminescence ages for the Galería Complex archaeological site: resolving chronological uncertainties on the acheulean record of the Sierra de Atapuerca …

M Demuro, LJ Arnold, JM Parés, A Pérez-González… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The archaeological karstic infill site of Galería Complex, located within the Atapuerca system
(Spain), has produced a large faunal and archaeological record (Homo sp. aff …

The Western European Acheulean: Reading variability at a regional scale

P García-Medrano, MH Moncel… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …