Close encounters vs. missed connections? A critical review of the evidence for Late Pleistocene hominin interactions in western Eurasia

C Finlayson, C Zollikofer, MP de León… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Was inter-population connectivity of Neanderthals and modern humans the driver of the Upper Paleolithic transition rather than its product?

G Greenbaum, DE Friesem, E Hovers… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The transition from the Middle Paleolithic (MP) to the Upper Paleolithic (UP), circa 40kya, is
viewed as a major turning point in human evolution, in terms of the material culture …

The absolute chronology of Boker Tachtit (Israel) and implications for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Levant

E Boaretto, M Hernandez… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) is a crucial lithic assemblage type in the archaeology of
southwest Asia because it marks a dramatic shift in hominin populations accompanied by …

The Initial Upper Paleolithic and its place within the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition of Southwest Asia: What hides behind the curtain of taxonomies?

M Goder-Goldberger, A Malinsky-Buller - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2022 - Springer
Classification of the Paleolithic into Lower, Middle, and Upper has both chronological and
cultural meanings serving as a framework for reconstructing cultural evolution and …

Radiocarbon chronology of Manot cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals

B Alex, O Barzilai, I Hershkovitz, O Marder, F Berna… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The timing of archeological industries in the Levant is central for understanding the spread
of modern humans with Upper Paleolithic traditions. We report a high-resolution radiocarbon …

[图书][B] From Arabia to the Pacific: How our species colonised Asia

R Dennell - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Drawing upon invasion biology and the latest archaeological, skeletal and environment
evidence, From Arabia to the Pacific documents the migration of humans into Asia, and …

Initial Upper Paleolithic: A (near) global problem and a global opportunity

SL Kuhn - Archaeological Research in Asia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Initial Upper Paleolithic is an excellent test case for evaluating different
approaches to understanding cultural variation and continuity across broad regions. The …

Quantifying and comparing bipolar versus freehand flake morphologies, production currencies, and reduction energetics during lithic miniaturization

J Pargeter, MI Eren - Lithic Technology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recognized by archaeologists for over a century, and practiced by hominins in nearly every
archaeological context in which flaked stone is used, bipolar technology involves the …

The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the southern Levant: New insights from the late Middle Paleolithic site of Far'ah II, Israel

M Goder-Goldberger, O Crouvi, V Caracuta… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Far'ah II is an open-air site in the north western Negev desert (Israel). Previous excavations
in the 1970's revealed a rich, in situ Middle Paleolithic (MP) assemblage composed of flint …

Personal ornaments from Hayonim and Manot caves (Israel) hint at symbolic ties between the Levantine and the European Aurignacian

JM Tejero, R Rabinovich, R Yeshurun… - Journal of human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Situated at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, the Levant is a crucial region for
understanding the origins and spread of Upper Paleolithic (UP) traditions associated with …