The spread of Homo sapiens into new habitats across Eurasia~ 45,000 years ago and the
concurrent disappearance of Neanderthals represents a critical evolutionary turnover in our …

Abstract The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe is associated with the
regional disappearance of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens. Late …

The characterization of Neandertals' diets has mostly relied on nitrogen isotope analyses of
bone and tooth collagen. However, few nitrogen isotope data have been recovered from …

Radiocarbon dating is the most widely applied dating method in archaeology, especially in
human evolution studies, where it is used to determine the chronology of key events, such …

Human populations underwent range contractions during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
which had lasting and dramatic effects on their genetic variation. The genetic ancestry of …

Abstract Recent excavations at Ranis (Germany) identified an early dispersal of Homo
sapiens into the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. Here we integrate results …

The biological aspects of infancy within late Upper Palaeolithic populations and the role of
southern refugia at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum are not yet fully understood. This …

Cats are hypercarnivorous, opportunistic animals that have adjusted to anthropogenic
environments since the Neolithic period. Through humans, either by direct feeding and/or …

Measuring the relative abundances of heavy stable isotopes of the elements C, H, N, and O
in proteins is of interest in environmental science, archeology, zoology, medicine, and other …

Pleistocene faunal assemblages are often highly fragmented, hindering taxonomic
identifications and interpretive potentials. In this paper, we apply four different …