Few topics in palaeoanthropology have generated more recent debate than the nature and
causes of the remarkable transformation in human behavioral patterns that marked the …

The fate of the Neanderthal populations of Europe and western Asia has gripped the
popular and scientific imaginations for the past century. Following at least 200,000 years of …

There is currently no calibration available for the whole human mtDNA genome,
incorporating both coding and control regions. Furthermore, as several authors have pointed …

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 first settlement of Europe by modern humans is thought to have occurred between
50,000 and 40,000 calendar years ago (cal BP). In Europe, modern human remains of this …

The Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) has used an ultrafiltration protocol to
further purify gelatin from archaeological bone since 2000. In this paper, the methodology is …

Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there
were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now …

Population models seeking climate as a triggering factor for the extinction of Neandertals
and the colonisation of Europe by Anatomically Modern Humans are contradictory due to …

This article presents the initial results from the S2AGES data base of calibrated radiocarbon
estimates from western Europe in the period 25,000–10,000 years ago. Our aim is to present …

The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British
Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years …