Current models of early hominin biological and cultural evolution are shaped almost entirely
by the data accumulated from the East African Rift System (EARS) over the last decades. In …

Abstract Marathousa 1 is a Lower Palaeolithic open-air site located in the Megalopolis
basin, an area in Southern Greece known for its fossiliferous sediments. Mining activities in …

Fossils of a Middle Pleistocene (MP) Homo within a well-defined archaeological context at
the open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel, shed light on MP Homo culture and behavior …

Lithic reduction sequences reflect decisions made by ancient tool makers. The first stages of
a reduction sequence concern raw material procurement and include identifying sources on …

The 3D orientation of clasts within a deposit are known to be informative on processes that
formed that deposit. In archaeological sites, a portion of the clasts in the deposit are …

Abstract The late Middle Palaeolithic (MP) settlement patterns in the Levant included the
repeated use of caves and open landscape sites. The fossil record shows that two types of …

Abstract The terms Lower Palaeolithic and Middle Palaeolithic represent research constructs
within which cultural evolution and prehistoric hominin behaviours can be studied, with the …

The lower stratigraphic sequence (units III–VI) of the Middle Palaeolithic site of Nesher
Ramla was studied using geoarchaeological methods. Field observations indicate that the …

The Armenian highlands encompasses rugged and environmentally diverse landscapes
and is characterized by a mosaic of distinct ecological niches and large temperature …

Recent excavations at the Middle Pleistocene open-air site of Marathousa 1 have unearthed
in one of the two investigated areas (Area A) a partial skeleton of a single individual of …