Two fossilized human crania (Apidima 1 and Apidima 2) from Apidima Cave, southern
Greece, were discovered in the late 1970s but have remained enigmatic owing to their …

Abstract The Palaeolithic record of Greece remains highly fragmented and discontinuous in
both space and time. Nevertheless, new surveys and excavations, along with the revisiting …

The appearance of anatomically modern humans in Europe and the nature of the transition
from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic are matters of intense debate. Most researchers …

The earliest known personal ornaments come from the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa,
c. 75,000 years ago, and are associated with anatomically modern humans. In Europe, such …

European paleoanthropology and paleolithic archeology were already well‐established by
the early twentieth century. The human fossil record from this continent is the longest known …

This study explores the significance of shape differences in the maxillary first molar crowns
of Neandertals and anatomically modern humans. It uses morphometric analysis to quantify …

We report here direct evidence for Neanderthal mobility through the measurement of
strontium isotope ratios in tooth enamel using laser-ablation, which allows us to use much …

Recent studies have revealed interesting differences in upper first molar morphology across
the hominin fossil record, particularly significant between H. sapiens and H …

Abstract The Uluzzian, one of Europe's 'transitional'technocomplexes, has gained particular
significance over the past three years when the only human remains associated with it were …

Background Later Pleistocene human evolution in East Asia remains poorly understood
owing to a scarcity of well described, reliably classified and accurately dated fossils …