The origin of the lower Miño River terraces in the NW Iberian Peninsula has been a topic of
debate since the 1940s. Various hypotheses about their main controlling factors have been …

Defining varying spatial and temporal analytical scales is essential before evaluating the
responses of late Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens to Abrupt Environmental …

Background It has been proposed that a greater control and more extensive use of fire was
one of the behavioral innovations that emerged in Africa among early Modern Humans …

This work, aside from being a classical discussion on the processes of rubefaction and
illuviation, is an attempt to cross the abundant literature on red Mediterranean soils (RMSs) …

In order to better understand the causes and geographic patterns of Neanderthal demise it is
necessary to broaden the focus of existing Neanderthal studies to include new sites from …

The timing of the Neanderthal-associated Middle Palaeolithic demise and a possible
overlap with anatomically modern humans (AMH) in some regions of Eurasia continues to …

Introduction and objectives Although the Iberian Peninsula is a key area for understanding
the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition and the demise of the Neandertals, valuable …

Abstract During the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Balkan, Italian and Iberian
peninsulas of southern Europe, late Neanderthal and early Anatomically Modern Human …

Based on previous radiocarbon and U-series (Diffusion/Adsorption) dating of bone samples,
the Middle Palaeolithic has been thought to persist at Gruta da Oliveira until∼ 37 thousand …

We present a bioanthropological study of dental remains recovered from El Salt Middle
Palaeolithic site (Alcoy, Alicante, Spain). The dental remains were found in a sedimentary …