Background Neandertals and the Middle Paleolithic persisted in the Iberian Peninsula south
of the Ebro drainage system for several millennia beyond their assimilation/replacement …

Documenting the first appearance of modern humans in a given region is key to
understanding the dispersal process and the replacement or assimilation of indigenous …

The discovery of an early Upper Paleolithic human burial at the Abrigo do Lagar Velho,
Portugal, has provided evidence of early modern humans from southern Iberia. The remains …

Gruta do Caldeirão features ac. 6 m-thick archaeological stratification capped by Holocene
layers ABC-D and Ea, which overlie layer Eb, a deposit of Magdalenian age that underwent …

Documenting the subsistence strategies developed by early modern humans is relevant for
understanding the success of their dispersal throughout Eurasia. Today, we know that there …

The Almonda karstic system is an extensive network of cavities associated with the spring of
the Almonda River. Among those of archaeological interest, the lowermost, 5–15 m above …

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 …

Westernmost Europe constitutes a key location in determining the timing of the replacement
of Neanderthals by anatomically modern humans (AMHs). In this study, the replacement of …

Since the late 1980s, northern Iberia has yielded some of the earliest radiocarbon dated
Aurignacian assemblages in Western Europe, probably produced by anatomically modern …

Middle Paleolithic fossil human remains from the Sima de las Palomas in southeastern
Iberia (dated to≤ 43,000–40,000 calendar years before present) present a suite of derived …