The management of symbolic raw materials in the Late Upper Paleolithic of South-Western France: a shell ornaments perspective by Rigaud, Solange, O’Hara, John, Charles, Laurent, Man-Estier, Elena, Paillet, Patrick

“…Personal ornaments manufactured on marine and fossil shell are a significant element of Upper Palaeolithic symbolic material culture, and are often found at considerable distances from Pleistocene coastlines or relevant fossil deposits. …”
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Comparison of handaxes from Bose Basin (China) and the western Acheulean indicates convergence of form, not cognitive differences. by Wei Wang, Stephen J Lycett, Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, Jennie J H Jin, Christopher J Bae

“…Alleged differences between Palaeolithic assemblages from eastern Asia and the west have been the focus of controversial discussion for over half a century, most famously in terms of the so-called 'Movius Line'. …”
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The characterization of bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) coprolites in the archaeological record by Montserrat Sanz, Joan Daura, Ana Maria Costa, Ana Cristina Araújo

“…Abstract The archaeological record of the Lagar Velho rock shelter (Lapedo Valley, Leiria, Portugal) bears testimony to several significant Upper Palaeolithic occupations, most notably the Lapedo Child burial (LV1) dating from the Gravettian. …”
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A landmark-based approach for assessing the reliability of mandibular tooth crowding as a marker of dog domestication by Ameen, C, Hulme-Beaman, A, Evin, Allowen, Germonpré, M, Britton, K, Cucchi, T, Larson, GJ, Dobney, K

“…It has been primarily used to support claims of early animal domestication, perhaps most contentiously in claims for the existence of so-called “proto-domestic” dogs as early as the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic. Tooth crowding studies vary in their methodological approaches, and interpretation of the resulting data is constrained by the limited geographic and temporal scope of reference specimens used to construct an appropriate comparative framework. …”

Gibraltar Neanderthals and results of recent excavations in Gorham's, Vanguard and Ibex Caves by Barton, R, Currant, A, Fernandez-Jalvo, Y, Finlayson, J, Goldberg, P, Macphail, R, Pettitt, P, Stringer, C

“…Using this information and comparing the archaeological evidence from the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic levels at the sites will help to place the Gibraltar finds in their European and Mediterranean contexts.…”

Dating human occupation and adaptation in the southern European last glacial refuge: The chronostratigraphy of Grotta del Romito (Italy) by Blockley, S, Pellegrini, M, Colonese, A, Lo Vetro, D, Albert, P, Brauer, A, Di Giuseppe, Z, Evans, A, Harding, P, Lee-Thorp, J, Lincoln, P, Martini, F, Pollard, M, Smith, V, Donahue, R

“…Grotta del Romito has been the subject of numerous archaeological, chronological and palaeoenvironmental investigations for more than a decade. During the Upper Palaeolithic period the site contains evidence of human occupation through the Gravettian and Epigravettian periods, multiple human burials, changes in the pattern of human occupation, and faunal, isotopic and sedimentological evidence for local environmental change. …”

Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago by Groucutt, H, Grün, R, Zalmout, I, Scerri, E

“…The palaeoenvironmental context of Al Wusta demonstrates that H. sapiens using Middle Palaeolithic stone tools dispersed into Arabia during a phase of increased precipitation driven by orbital forcing, in association with a primarily African fauna. …”

Archaeological evidence for two culture diverse Neanderthal populations in the North Caucasus and contacts between them by Ekaterina V. Doronicheva, Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Redzhep N. Kurbanov

“…Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. …”
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Optimal linear estimation models predict 1400–2900 years of overlap between Homo sapiens and Neandertals prior to their disappearance from France and northern Spain by Igor Djakovic, Alastair Key, Marie Soressi

“…This reaffirms the Bayesian-derived duration of co-existence between these groups during the initial Upper Palaeolithic of this region using a novel independent method, and indicates that our understanding of the timing of these occupations may not be suffering from substantial gaps in the record. …”
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Close-range photogrammetry reveals morphometric changes on replicative ground stones. by Giusi Sorrentino, Fabio Menna, Fabio Remondino, Marco Paggi, Laura Longo, Alessandro Borghi, Alessandro Re, Alessandro Lo Giudice

“…To this end, an analytical procedure was developed and tested on slabs and pebbles in order to replicate the use-wear traces observed on Upper Palaeolithic tools. The purpose was to assemble a site-specific reference collection tailored on the artefacts from the cultural level III of the Brînzeni I cave in north-west Moldova. …”
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First results of the biostratigraphy and geochronology of the classic Nihewan Fauna, China by Arya Farjand, Zhaoqun Zhang, Zhaoqun Zhang, Philip L. Gibbard, Shundong Bi, Shundong Bi

“…The Nihewan Basin is infilled by a relatively complete Pliocene to Pleistocene sequence, rich mammalian fossils and containing many Palaeolithic artefacts, implying that it is a unique location for Quaternary multidisciplinary study. …”
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Multi-isotope analysis of bone collagen of Late Pleistocene ungulates reveals niche partitioning and behavioural plasticity of reindeer during MIS 3 by Kate Britton, Elodie-Laure Jimenez, Mael Le Corre, Sylvain Renou, William Rendu, Michael P. Richards, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Marie Soressi

“…Abstract Here we present stable carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope ratios of collagen extracted from Rangifer, Equus and Bison bone (n = 128) from different stratigraphic levels at the chronologically well-constrained Middle and Upper Palaeolithic site of Les Cottés, France. Samples were taken from five phases of site use (US08, US06, US04 [upper and lower], and US02; ~ 45.8–35.3 ka cal BP) to explore the dietary and spatial palaeoecology of these ungulate species during MIS 3, and the contemporary climate. …”
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Stage or Sub-Stage: The Contribution of Small Mammals to the Characterization of Middle Pleistocene Local Climate Variation by Loïc Lebreton, Juan Manuel López-García

“…The Arago cave recovery of numerous human settlements correlate to MIS 14, 13 and MIS 12 making it an important site for the understanding of the Lower Palaeolithic in Southwestern Europe. It is also an important site for the understanding of palaeoenvironments and palaeobiodiversity as it has yielded rich faunal associations. …”
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The last 7 millennia of vegetation and climate changes at Lago di Pergusa (central Sicily, Italy) by L. Sadori, E. Ortu, O. Peyron, G. Zanchetta, B. Vannière, M. Desmet, M. Magny

“…Lago di Pergusa, besides being the main inland lake of Sicily, is very sensitive to climate change and its territory was inhabited and exploited continuously since the Palaeolithic. The lake sediments turned out to be a good observatory for natural phenomena that occurred in the last thousands of years. …”
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Hafted technologies likely reduced stone tool-related selective pressures acting on the hominin hand by Anna Mika, Julie Lierenz, Andrew Smith, Briggs Buchanan, Robert S. Walker, Metin I. Eren, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key

“…After the advent of composite technologies during the Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic, fossil evidence reveals differences in hand anatomy between populations, but there is minimal evidence for an increase in precision gripping capabilities. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA structure of an isolated Tunisian Berber population and its relationship with Mediterranean populations by Nizar Ben Halim, Sana Hsouna, Khaled Lasram, Mariem Chargui, Laaroussi Khemira, Rachid Saidane, Sonia Abdelhak, Rym Kefi

“…Conclusions: The genetic structure of Douiret highlights the presence of founders, most likely of Near/Middle Eastern origin, who conquered this area during the Middle/Late Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic dispersals.…”
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சங்க இலக்கியத்தில் அறிவியல் கருத்தாக்கங்கள் / Scientific Concepts in Sangam Literature by முனைவா் த. கீதாஞ்சலி / Dr. T. Geethanjali

“…So, science and inventions are not only belonging to this renaissance era but beyond the palaeolithic age itself. Right from Stone Age tools up to nanotechnology, we have millions of inventions and scientific truths today. …”
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MODERN VISUALIZATION BY DIGITALLY MODELING NEOLITHIC CRAFTED HUMAN SKULLS by M. Silver, A. Denker, A. Denker, M. Nùñez

“…Decapitation and burying or caching human skulls is met already in Palaeolithic contexts. Postmortem cranial crafting by drilling and carving, or modelling with plaster and asphalt using human skulls as basis was practiced in the Near East during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and Late Neolithic period. …”
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Archaeological evidence for two culture diverse Neanderthal populations in the North Caucasus and contacts between them. by Ekaterina V Doronicheva, Liubov V Golovanova, Vladimir B Doronichev, Redzhep N Kurbanov

“…Neanderthals were widespread during the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) across Europe and Asia, including the Caucasus Mountains. …”
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The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers by Sistiaga, Ainara, Mallol, Carolina, Galvan, Bertila, Summons, Roger E

“…Our gas chromatography-mass spectrometry results from El Salt (Spain), a Middle Palaeolithic site dating to ca. 50,000 yr. BP, represents the oldest positive identification of human faecal matter. …”
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