The Late and Final Middle Palaeolithic of central Europe and its contributions to the formation of the regional Upper Palaeolithic: a review and a synthesis

O Jöris, P Neruda, A Wiśniewski, M Weiss - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2022 - Springer
For decades, the relationship of pre-modern hominins to anatomically modern humans
(AMH) and the transition from mode 3 to mode 4 industries remain topics of ongoing …

[HTML][HTML] Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction

L Slimak, T Vimala, A Seguin-Orlando, L Metz… - Cell genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an
increasingly complex picture of their populations' structure that mostly indicates that late …

Modelling Neanderthals' dispersal routes from Caucasus towards east

E Ghasidian, A Kafash, M Kehl, M Yousefi… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The study of the cultural materials associated with the Neanderthal physical remains from
the sites in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberian Altai and adjacent areas documents …

The discovery of an in situ Neanderthal remain in the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, West-Central Zagros Mountains, Kermanshah

S Heydari-Guran, S Benazzi, S Talamo, E Ghasidian… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Neanderthal extinction has been a matter of debate for many years. New discoveries, better
chronologies and genomic evidence have done much to clarify some of the issues. This …

Genomic analysis of a novel Neanderthal from Mezmaiskaya Cave provides insights into the genetic relationships of Middle Palaeolithic populations

TV Andreeva, AD Manakhov, FE Gusev… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Mezmaiskaya cave is located on the North Caucasus near the border that divides
Europe and Asia. Previously, fossil remains for two Neanderthals were reported from …

The Neanderthal niche space of Western Eurasia 145 ka to 30 ka ago

PM Yaworsky, ES Nielsen, TK Nielsen - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Neanderthals occupied Western Eurasia between 350 ka and 40 ka ago, during the
climatically volatile Pleistocene. A key issue is to what extent Neanderthal populations …

Archaeological evidence for two culture diverse Neanderthal populations in the North Caucasus and contacts between them

EV Doronicheva, LV Golovanova, VB Doronichev… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and
Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. Occupying the border between eastern Europe …

The Late Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic in Crimea (Ukraine)—A Review of the Neanderthal Refugium Hypothesis

EM Pigott, T Uthmeier, V Chabai… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Crimean Peninsula contains numerous important Palaeolithic sites. It has been
considered a potential Neanderthal refugium in Eurasia prior to their disappearance or …

A 41,500 year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave (Poland)

S Talamo, W Nowaczewska, A Picin, A Vazzana… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence of mobiliary art and body augmentation are associated with the cultural
innovations introduced by Homo sapiens at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic. Here, we …

Early Neanderthals in contact: The Chibanian (middle Pleistocene) hominin dentition from Velika Balanica cave, southern Serbia

M Roksandic, P Radović, J Lindal… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neanderthals are Eurasian fossil hominins whose distinctive morphology developed in the
southwestern corner of Europe and later spread throughout the continent, reaching …