The genetic basis for the emergence of creativity in modern humans remains a mystery
despite sequencing the genomes of chimpanzees and Neanderthals, our closest hominid …

Dating the timing of the replacement of local Neandertal populations by modern humans in
western Eurasia at the dawn of the Upper Palaeolithic remains challenging due to the …

Abstract The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe witnessed the replacement
and partial absorption of local Neanderthal populations by Homo sapiens populations of …

Very little is known about Neanderthal cultures, particularly early ones. Other than lithic
implements and exceptional bone tools, very few artefacts have been preserved. While …

The production of purposely made painted or engraved designs on cave walls—a means of
recording and transmitting symbolic codes in a durable manner—is recognized as a major …

Neandertals are the best-studied of all extinct hominins, with a rich fossil record sampling
hundreds of individuals, roughly dating from between 350,000 and 40,000 years ago. Their …

A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and …

While there is substantial evidence for art and symbolic behaviour in early Homo sapiens
across Africa and Eurasia, similar evidence connected to Neanderthals is sparse and often …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

The zone of latent solutions (ZLS) hypothesis provides an alternative approach to explaining
cultural patterns in primates and many other animals. According to the ZLS hypothesis, non …