Central Asia has delivered significant paleoanthropological discoveries in the past few
years. New genetic data indicate that at least two archaic human species met and interbred
with anatomically modern humans as they arrived into northern Central Asia. However, data
are limited: known archaeological sites with lithic assemblages generally lack human fossils,
and consequently identifying the archaeological signatures of different human groups, and
the timing of their occupation, remains elusive. Reliable chronologic data from sites in the …