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

Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern
humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust …

The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition is a key period of change in the prehistory of the
Old World and one of the most studied issues in paleoanthropology, as the nature of the …

The archeological emphasis on “the transition” between “the” Middle Paleolithic and “the”
Upper Paleolithic implies that these two putative cultural stages were real entities defined in …

Due to its geographical location and climate, northwestern Europe was at the edge of the
hominin range throughout most of the Palaeolithic period. The pattern of the presence and …

Drastic changes, driven by variations in orbital forcing, occurred in the Earth's climate system
around 1.0 Ma. As a consequence, a marked reorganization of the ecosystems took place in …

This collaborative study addresses questions about variation in behavior within the Middle
Paleolithic period of west‐central Italy. The findings are directly relevant to the evolutionary …

Abstract In Northern Europe, the Holocene is characterized by climatic and environmental
variations. A central question is how hunter-gatherer in different regions coped with these …

This paper introduces the aims and scope of the RESET project (RESponse of humans to
abrupt Environmental Transitions), a programme of research funded by the Natural …

Introduction Generations of Paleoanthropologists and Paleolithic archaeologists have
worked to determine the setting in which modern humans evolved and expanded their …