For decades, the relationship of pre-modern hominins to anatomically modern humans
(AMH) and the transition from mode 3 to mode 4 industries remain topics of ongoing …

The Micoquian is the broadest and longest enduring cultural facies of the Late Middle
Palaeolithic that spread across the periglacial and boreal environments of Europe between …

Aim Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late
Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change …

Electron spin resonance coupled with uranium-series dating (ESR/U-series) of carbonate
hydroxyapatite in tooth enamel is the main technique used to obtain age determinations …

The branched reduction system at the Heidenschmiede described here is hitherto
exceptional for the Middle Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura. By means of refits and supporting …

In this paper, we analyse the fish and small mammal assemblages from the Middle
Paleolithic horizons of Hohle Fels Cave to reconstruct the paleoclimatic and …

The coupled ESR and U-series (ESR/U-series) method has been increasingly utilized for
dating fossil teeth from Early to Middle Pleistocene hominid sites. One significant advantage …

Lovedale is the only open-air Middle Stone Age site in the Free State dated to early Marine
Isotope Stage 4. Framing the chronology of this context, especially by taking into account …

During the summer of 2020 the excavation team at Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of
southwestern Germany recovered a leaf point (in German Blattspitze) made from gray …

The Swabian Jura has long played a crucial role in key debates about the European
Paleolithic. One of the bestknown sites, Geißenklösterle Cave in the Ach Valley, has yielded …