Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans by Borić, D, Cristiani, E, Hopkins, R, Schwenninger, J, Gerometta, K, French, CAI, Mutri, G, Ćalić, J, Dimitrijević, V, Marín-Arroyo, AB, Jones, JR, Stevens, R, Masciana, A, Uno, K, Richter, KK, Antonović, D, Wehr, K, Lane, C, White, D

“…The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. …”

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, S, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, López, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Pérez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…Cave sediments provisionally indicate that the lower Middle Palaeolithic sequence (X-VIII) formed in warm and humid environments and the upper sequence (VIII-V) formed when the climate was cooler and drier. …”

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, SN, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, Lopez, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Perez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…Cave sediments provisionally indicate that the lower Middle Palaeolithic sequence (X-VIII) formed in warm and humid environments and the upper sequence (VIII-V) formed when the climate was cooler and drier. …”

Coupled U-series and OSL dating of a Late Pleistocene cave sediment sequence, Morocco, North Africa: Significance for constructing Palaeolithic chronologies by Clark-Balzan, L, Candy, I, Schwenninger, J, Bouzouggar, A, Blockley, S, Nathan, R, Barton, R

Coupled U-series and OSL dating of a Late Pleistocene cave sediment sequence, Morocco, North Africa: Significance for constructing Palaeolithic chronologies by Clark-Balzan, L, Candy, I, Schwenninger, J, Bouzouggar, A, Blockley, S, Nathan, R, Barton, R

“…Cave sequences provide some of the most important archives of Palaeolithic archaeology that are currently available. …”

Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula by Higham, T, Frouin, M, Douka, K, Ronchitelli, A, Boscato, P, Benazzi, S, Crezzini, J, Spagnolo, V, McCarty, M, Marciani, G, Falcucci, A, Rossini, M, Arrighi, S, Dominici, C, Devièse, T, Schwenninger, J, Martini, I, Moroni, A, Boschin, F

“…The process by which Palaeolithic Europe was transformed from a Neanderthal-dominated region to one occupied exclusively by Homo sapiens has proven challenging to diagnose. …”

The Middle and Upper Pleistocene loess record and Acheulean-Mousterian industries of Saint-Illiers by Chaussee, C, Debenham, N, Blaser, F, Schwenninger, J

“…The excavation yielded several levels of Palaeolithic artifacts comprising handaxes. An extensive study was carried out in order to get a reliable chronological framework. …”

OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens by Barton, R, Bouzouggar, A, Collcutt, SN, Schwenninger, J, Clark-Balzan, L

“…The Aterian is a distinctive Middle Palaeolithic industry which is very widely spread across North Africa. …”