Control of fire is one of the most important technological innovations within the evolution of
humankind. The archaeological signal of fire use becomes very visible from around 400,000 …

Dating the earliest human occupations in Western Europe and reconstructing links with
climatic and environmental constraints is a central issue in Quaternary studies. Amongst the …

We have explored the multimethod approach combining 40 Ar/39 Ar on single crystal, ESR
on bleached quartz, and ESR/U-series on teeth to improve the age of four neighbours …

The first arrivals of hominin populations into Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene are
currently considered to have occurred as short and poorly dated biological dispersions …

Early Levallois core technology is usually dated in Europe to the end of Marine Isotope
Stage (MIS) 9 and particularly from the beginning of MIS 8 to MIS 6. This technology is …

The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

Abstract Notarchirico (Southern Italy) has yielded the earliest evidence of Acheulean
settlement in Italy and four older occupation levels have recently been unearthed, including …

At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

Abstract We describe a European Acheulean site characterised by an extensive
accumulation of large cutting tools (LCT). This type of Lower Paleolithic assemblage, with …

The dispersal of hominin groups with an Acheulian technology and associated bifacial tools
into northern latitudes is central to the debate over the timing of the oldest human occupation …