Abstract In the Franco-Cantabrian region and Catalonia, the Upper Palaeolithic begins with
three assemblage-types found in stratigraphic order through the interval between 45,000 …

This paper reviews some of the main advances in our understanding of human evolution
over the last 1 million years, presenting a holistic overview of a field defined by …

Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

Geological archives record multiple reversals of Earth's magnetic poles, but the global
impacts of these events, if any, remain unclear. Uncertain radiocarbon calibration has limited …

It has been proposed that climate change and the arrival of modern humans in Europe
affected the disappearance of Neanderthals due to their impact on trophic resources; …

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 …

What role did fluctuations play in biomass availability for secondary consumers in the
disappearance of Neanderthals and the survival of modern humans? To answer this, we …

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 …

Documenting the subsistence strategies developed by early modern humans is relevant for
understanding the success of their dispersal throughout Eurasia. Today, we know that there …

Recent advances in the study of ancient DNA recovered from fossils and cave sediments
have profoundly changed our views on the biological and cultural interactions between …