Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

L Slimak, C Zanolli, T Higham, M Frouin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
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 …

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 …

Paleoenvironment and human hunting activity during MIS 2 in southern Jordan: Isotope records of prey remains and paleosols

YI Naito, M Hirose, M Belmaker, DO Henry… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of faunal remains unearthed from the rock
shelter site of Tor Hamar in southern Jordan were analyzed for reconstructing …

The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

L Slimak - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean
France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka) …

Innovative technological practices and their role in the emergence of Initial Upper Paleolithic technologies: a view from Boker Tachtit

M Goder-Goldberger, O Barzilai, E Boaretto - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2023 - Springer
Following renewed excavations at Boker Tachtit (2013–2015), a revised study of the lithic
assemblage techno-typological characteristics was conducted placing it within a regional …

Frequency and production technology of bladelets in late middle paleolithic, initial upper paleolithic, and early upper paleolithic (Ahmarian) assemblages in Jebel …

S Kadowaki, E Suga, DO Henry - Quaternary International, 2021 - Elsevier
Bladelets and microliths have been recognized as key parts of the late prehistoric cultural
dynamics on a global scale and recently discussed in relation to the range expansion of …

Delayed increase in stone tool cutting-edge productivity at the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in southern Jordan

S Kadowaki, JY Wakano, T Tamura… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although the lithic cutting-edge productivity has long been recognized as a quantifiable
aspect of prehistoric human technological evolution, there remains uncertainty how the …

Lithic technology, chronology, and marine shells from Wadi Aghar, southern Jordan, and Initial Upper Paleolithic behaviors in the southern inland Levant

S Kadowaki, T Tamura, K Sano, T Kurozumi… - Journal of Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) temporally overlaps with the range expansion of
Homo sapiens populations in various parts of Eurasia and is often considered a key …

Al-Ansab and the Dead Sea: Mid-MIS 3 archaeology and environment of the early Ahmarian population of the Levantine corridor

J Richter, T Litt, F Lehmkuhl, A Hense, TC Hauck… - PLoS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Our field data from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Al-Ansab 1 (Jordan) and from a pollen
sequence in the Dead Sea elucidate the role that changing Steppe landscapes played in …

Lithic technology and chronology of Initial Upper Paleolithic assemblages at Tor Fawaz, southern Jordan

S Kadowaki, T Tamura, R Kida, T Omori… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) is a key chrono-cultural concept in our
understanding of the cultural and population dynamics at the transition from the Middle …