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 …

Climatic and environmental changes have been commonly proposed as driving factors
behind the decline of Neanderthals in Europe. The Cantabrian region, in northern Iberia, is a …

On the basis of fossil and archaeological data it has been hypothesized that the exodus of
Homo sapiens out of Africa and into Eurasia between~ 50–120 thousand years ago …

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 …

Background Despite a long history of investigation, considerable debate revolves around
whether Neanderthals became extinct because of climate change or competition with …

The Aurignacian technocomplex comprises a succession of culturally distinct phases.
Between its first two subdivisions, the Proto-Aurignacian and the Early Aurignacian, we see …

This paper presents a thermal model for the prehistoric origin and development of clothing.
A distinction is drawn between simple and complex forms of clothing, with broad implications …

The direct sea–land correlation applied to core MD99-2331 retrieved from the north-western
Iberian margin shows a two-phase pattern within Heinrich events 4, 2 and 1 in the ocean …

During recent decades, Neanderthal diet has been a major research topic in
palaeoanthropology. This has been accelerated by the maturation of different techniques …

We apply eco-cultural niche modeling (ECNM), an heuristic approach adapted from the
biodiversity sciences, to identify habitable portions of the European territory for Upper …