A key problem in explaining the mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean region is the
relationship between the development of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock …

We generated genome-wide data from 69 Europeans who lived between 8,000–3,000 years
ago by enriching ancient DNA libraries for a target set of almost 400,000 polymorphisms …

Summary The Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe represents an important test case
for the study of human population movements during prehistoric periods. During the Last …

Sheep remains constitute the main archaeozoological evidence for the presence of Early
Neolithic human groups in the highlands of the Southern Pyrenees but understanding the …

Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known
about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic …

We present new datings and a new anthropological study of Early Neolithic human remains
found in Galería del Sílex in 1979. This gallery is part of the Cueva Mayor system in the …

Violence seems deeply rooted in human nature and an endemic potential for such is today
frequently associated with differing ethnic, religious or socio-economic backgrounds. Ethnic …

Mountain sites are usually seen as sites connected to pastoral or transhumant activities. This
paper proposes an alternative interpretation for Neolithic mountain sites found in the …

During the last two decades, the archaeological research carried out in the Pyrenees
challenged the traditional images of the past in this mountain area. The archaeological …

Although the frequency of pastoral activities involving vertical sheep mobility has decreased
over the last century, this is a herding strategy still used in the Ebro basin, where animals …