This contribution presents a general account and summary of the research carried out over
the past decades on the Quaternary faunas of France. This country is located in the center of …

Abstract The Cova del Rinoceront, a site in NE Iberia, contains a thick sedimentary fill
preserving a faunal archive from the penultimate glacial and the the last interglacial periods …

Diversity in the used bone found in the European Middle Paleolithic is very low, but bone
retouchers are the most abundant and the most common. This paper focuses on the detailed …

Long bone breakage for bone marrow recovery is a commonly observed practice in Middle
Palaeolithic contexts, regardless of the climatic conditions. While lithic technology is largely …

The emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic, and its variability over time and space are key
questions in the field of prehistoric archaeology. Many sites have been documented in the …

New investigations of finds from middle Rhone Valley sites (Le Figuier, Abri du Maras,
Baume Flandin and Ranc Pointu 2) and from the mountainous southeastern area of the …

The variability of technical choices in the Rhône Valley (southeast France) is discussed in
relation to the age, environmental conditions, site localisation and site function. New …

There are many opinions and arguments about the types of weapons that Neanderthals may
have used. We list five assumptions about Neanderthal weapon-assisted hunting and …

Small mammal remains obtained from the European localities dated to the Eemian
(Mikulino) age have been analyzed for the first time at a regional scale based on the present …

The middle Rhône valley, located at the southeastern margins of the Massif Central in
France, produced a large number of Middle Palaeolithic sites, most of which dated to the …