Abstract Barranco León (Orce, Guadix Baza, Spain) is one of the sites with the oldest
evidence of human activity in south-western Europe. This site has yielded human remains in …

Reconstructing the conditions and circumstances under which the human lineage evolved is
of great interest to those disciplines related to human evolution, especially in fields such as …

We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South
Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin …

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 …

ABSTRACT Evidence of late Early Pleistocene elephant butchery activity has been
excavated in the Pit 1 locality at Barranc de la Boella (Catalonia, Spain). The fossil …

In a recent paper, Stiner reviewed certain trends in the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) economy
and social behaviour, including most notably galvanization of the prime‐age ungulate …

A commonly identified problem in open-air sites is the poor preservation of bone surfaces
because of the multiple agents and processes that act on them. In these assemblages …

Gran Dolina is a cavity infill of the Sierra de Atapuerca, containing three important Early and
Middle Pleistocene archaeo-paleontological layers, including hominid bones, fauna and …

Systematic excavation and multidisciplinary research undertaken over three decades have
deepened our understanding of the early Palaeolithic archaeology at Cueva Negra del …

Abstract Konso in Ethiopia and Kokiselei in Kenya, both dated to~ 1.7 million years ago
(Ma), and FLK West, a recently reported site from Olduvai dated to 1.7 Ma, are the earliest …