The places in which people live, sleep, prepare food, and undertake other activities—known
variably as homes, residential sites, living sites, and domestic spaces—play a key role in the …

For decades, the relationship of pre-modern hominins to anatomically modern humans
(AMH) and the transition from mode 3 to mode 4 industries remain topics of ongoing …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

In the course of the last 500,000 years, the Neandertal lineage was the first human group to
extensively colonize the middle latitudes of western Eurasia up to 55° N. Although …

Results are presented from the functional analysis of a large selection of tools from level IIa
of the early Middle Palaeolithic site of Biache-St-Vaast (France). Results indicate that the site …

The archaeological sequence from the Orgnac 3 site presents the opportunity to observe
behavioral aspects characterizing the beginnings of the main Neanderthal technological …

This study of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Rhone Valley, in the South-East of
France, increases our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and modes of …

Cet article constitue une présentation synthétique des principaux résultats du programme
CNRS" Paléoenvironnement et Hominidés", consacré à l'étude des interactions entre le …

L'étude du Paléolithique moyen, souvent décrit comme une période de stabilité, voire de
monotonie en termes d'innovations techniques, révèle en fait un foisonnement de savoirs et …

The discovery of an almost complete Neanderthal skeleton in a Châtelperronian context at
Saint-Césaire 35 years ago changed our perspective on the beginning of the Upper …