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 …

A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel

I Hershkovitz, H May, R Sarig, A Pokhojaev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

Death at the water hole: Opportunistic hunting and scavenging events in the upper sequence of Middle Paleolithic Nesher Ramla, Israel

M Orbach, G Hartman, F Rivals, C Zeigen… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distinguishing between selective and opportunistic hunting is a major challenge in
Paleolithic archaeology, requiring the comparison of the human hunting record to the …

Expansion of eastern Mediterranean Middle Paleolithic into the desert region in early marine isotopic stage 5

O Barzilai, M Oron, N Porat, D White, R Timms… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Marine Isotopic Stage 5 is associated with wetter climatic conditions in the Saharo-
Arabian deserts. This stage also corresponds to the establishment of Middle Paleolithic …

[HTML][HTML] Sourcing Oldowan and Acheulean stone tools in Eastern Africa: Aims, methods, challenges, and state of knowledge

J Favreau - Quaternary Science Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Eastern Africa's Plio-Pleistocene palaeoanthropological record has shaped our
understanding of human biological and cultural evolution. Over the years, raw material …

Cultural diversity broadens social networks.

A Wood, AM Kleinbaum, T Wheatley - Journal of Personality and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Migration and mobility increase the cultural diversity of a society. Does this diversity have
consequences for how people interact and form social ties, even when they join a new …

Chrono-sequences of alluvial terraces and fossilized water bodies as a predictive model for detecting Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Negev desert, Israel

Y Avni, M Oron, E Cohen-Sasson, N Porat… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Negev desert is a part of the northern Saharo-Arabian desert belt, a major physical
barrier between Africa and southwest Asia. Its location at the crossroads of the two …

Chronology of the late Lower and Middle Palaeolithic at Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel) with insights into diagenesis and dose rate variation using post-IR IRSL …

M Richard, N Mercier, M Weinstein-Evron… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tabun Cave, located on the slopes of Mount Carmel (Israel), constitutes one of the key
Levantine Palaeolithic sites because of its exceptionally long sequence (ca. 25 m) that has …

Nubian Levallois Technology During MIS 5: Refitted Lithic Sequences and OSL Ages of Dimona South, Israel, and Their Broader Implications

M Oron, E Hovers, N Porat, J Roskin… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The site of Dimona South is a knapping locality in the Negev desert of Israel,
situated at the raw material source. A test excavation followed by a salvage excavation …

To Err Is Human: Knapping Expertise and Technological Variability at the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Nesher Ramla, Israel

L Centi, F Valletta, Y Zaidner - Journal of Archaeological Method and …, 2023 - Springer
One important aspect affecting variability in core reduction technology is the degree of
expertise of knappers. In the present paper, we show that, at the Middle Palaeolithic open …