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) …

[HTML][HTML] No reliable evidence for a Neanderthal-Châtelperronian association at La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire

B Gravina, F Bachellerie, S Caux, E Discamps… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The demise of Neanderthals and their interaction with dispersing anatomically modern
human populations remain some of the most contentious issues in palaeoanthropology. The …

Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

L Slimak, C Zanolli, T Higham, M Frouin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

Analysis of Aurignacian interstratification at the Châtelperronian-type site and implications for the behavioral modernity of Neandertals

J Zilhão, F d'Errico, JG Bordes… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The Châtelperronian is a Neandertal-associated archeological culture featuring ornaments
and decorated bone tools. It is often suggested that such symbolic items do not imply that …

A late Neanderthal associated with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts

JJ Hublin, F Spoor, M Braun, F Zonneveld, S Condemi - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
THE French site of Arcy-sur-Cure is a key locality in documenting the Middle–Upper
Palaeolithic transition in Europe. Reliable attribution of the fragmentary hominid fossils …

The Châtelperronian conundrum: Blade and bladelet lithic technologies from Quinçay, France

M Roussel, M Soressi, JJ Hublin - Journal of Human Evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of an almost complete Neanderthal skeleton in a Châtelperronian context at
Saint-Césaire 35 years ago changed our perspective on the beginning of the Upper …

A radiocarbon chronology for the complete Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transitional sequence of Les Cottés (France)

S Talamo, M Soressi, M Roussel, M Richards… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is the key period for our understanding of
Neanderthal and modern human interactions in Europe. The site of Les Cottés in south-west …

[HTML][HTML] Pluridisciplinary evidence for burial for the La Ferrassie 8 Neandertal child

A Balzeau, A Turq, S Talamo, C Daujeard, G Guérin… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The origin of funerary practices has important implications for the emergence of so-called
modern cognitive capacities and behaviour. We provide new multidisciplinary information on …

Neanderthal symbolism and ornament manufacture: The bursting of a bubble?

P Mellars - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
For the past 40 y, the range of grooved and perforated animal teeth, mammoth-ivory rings,
and other unmistakably “decorative” or “ornamental” items discovered during the …

[HTML][HTML] The reality of Neandertal symbolic behavior at the Grotte du Renne, Arcy-sur-Cure, France

F Caron, F d'Errico, P Del Moral, F Santos, J Zilhão - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The question of whether symbolically mediated behavior is exclusive to modern
humans or shared with anatomically archaic populations such as the Neandertals is hotly …