We propose a population model for Middle Pleistocene Europe that is based on
demographic “sources” and “sinks”. The former were a small number of “core” or populations …

The present paper analyses the evidence provided by three sites (Sima del Elefante, Gran
Dolina, and Galería) located in the Trinchera del Ferrocarril of the Sierra de Atapuerca …

Thousands of fossils of small vertebrates are recorded in one of the most complete
stratigraphic sequences of the continental European Pleistocene, in the Sierra de …

Abstract The Early Pleistocene sites of Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Guadix-Baza
Basin, SE Spain) have yielded thousands of Mode 1 or Oldowan lithic artifacts (both sites) …

Recent discoveries of evidence for hominin activity in Britain before MIS 13 challenge
previous understanding of the nature of the earliest colonization of NW Europe. Insights into …

Zooarcheological research is an important tool in reconstructing subsistence, as well as for
inferring relevant aspects regarding social behavior in the past. The organization of hunting …

The vegetation and the climatic context in which the first hominins entered and dispersed in
Europe during the Early Pleistocene are reconstructed, using literature review and a new …

In the last decade, new paleontological and archeological evidence has challenged
previous views on the early human settlement of Europe. In particular, the Georgian site of …

This paper proposes a new theoretical model to explain the evolution of the genus Homo in
Europe during the Early and the Middle Pleistocene in the light of the latest human …

The very complete small vertebrate succession from the Guadix-Baza Basin enables tracing
of the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic evolution of this basin, in relation with the first …