Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France

L Slimak, C Zanolli, T Higham, M Frouin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

[HTML][HTML] Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction

L Slimak, T Vimala, A Seguin-Orlando, L Metz… - Cell genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an
increasingly complex picture of their populations' structure that mostly indicates that late …

Convergent evidence of eagle talons used by late Neanderthals in Europe: a further assessment on symbolism

M Romandini, M Peresani, V Laroulandie, L Metz… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
To contribute to have a better understanding of the symbolic or not use of certain items by
Neanderthals, this work presents new evidence of the deliberate removal of raptor claws …

The missing mousterian

HL Dibble, SP McPherron - Current anthropology, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
Data from the Middle Paleolithic site of Pech de lAz IV (France) indicate the deliberate
production of small flakes that appear to have been used in an unretouched state. Such …

Middle Palaeolithic raw material gathering territories and human mobility in the southern Massif Central, France: first results from a petro-archaeological study on flint

P Fernandes, JP Raynal, MH Moncel - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2008 - Elsevier
During the Middle Palaeolithic in the south-eastern Massif Central and the bordering Rhone
Valley, humans collected almost all their raw materials from various secondary outcrop …

Within projectile range: some thoughts on the appearance of the Aurignacian in Europe

N Teyssandier, F Bon… - Journal of Anthropological …, 2010 - journals.uchicago.edu
The Aurignacian has long been interpreted as the culture that corresponded to the arrival of
modern humans in Europe and, along with them, all the constituent elements of the Upper …

On Neanderthal subsistence strategies and land use: a regional focus on the Rhone Valley area in southeastern France

C Daujeard, MH Moncel - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2010 - Elsevier
This study of Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from the Rhone Valley, in the South-East of
France, increases our understanding of Neanderthal subsistence strategies and modes of …

Timescales and cultural process at 40,000 BP in the light of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption, Western Eurasia

FG Fedele, B Giaccio, I Hajdas - Journal of Human Evolution, 2008 - Elsevier
Significant new information shows that the Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption from the
Phlegrean Fields, southern Italy, was much larger than hitherto supposed and in fact one of …

For a cultural anthropology of the last Neanderthals

L Slimak - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The chronological and territorial expansion of neandertalian societies, their capacities of
adaptation and expansion, show that their brutal extinction, which not only affects their ways …

[HTML][HTML] A Data‐Driven Paradigm Shift for the Middle‐to‐Upper Palaeolithic Transition and the Neandertal Debate

J Zilhão, F d'Errico, WE Banks… - … Environments and Humans, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on morphologically undiagnostic human remains from the southern Balkans and
central Europe, it has been argued that the Bachokirian and Ranisian industries stand for …