This review presents the themes of a special issue dealing with environmental scenarios of
human evolution during the Early Pleistocene (2.6–0.78 Ma; MIS 103-MIS 19) and early …

The present study focuses on new palaeobotanical data (pollen, phytoliths and fruits) from
three of the oldest Early Palaeolithic sites in Eurasia (Dmanisi in Georgia, Ca'Belvedere di …

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 …

The giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest bone-cracking carnivore that ever
existed. With the mass of a lioness, it had massive limbs with shortened distal bones and a …

The Sierra de Atapuerca sites (Spain) have yielded excellent data and they represent the
longest chronological sequence discovered in Europe to date, covering the late Early …

Abstract Isernia La Pineta archaeological site in Central Italy, dated to about 0.6 Ma, is one
of the earliest archaeological sites of the Italian peninsula and one of the key sites for the …

We present a detailed morphological comparative study of the hominin mandible ATE9-1
recovered in 2007 from the Sima del Elefante cave site in Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos …

Since 2007, excavations at Barranc de la Boella (Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain) have
revealed three localities with rich archaeo-paleontological assemblages: La Mina, El Forn …

Hominin presence is well documented in a number of Early Pleistocene and early Middle
Pleistocene European localities. However, the evidence currently available indicates that …

Abstract Barranco León (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) provides the oldest case of knapping and
percussive activities on an ancient raw material reservoir deposit. This site has already …