The biological and cultural evolution of hominins in Asia is a central topic of
paleoanthropology. Yet, the Paleolithic archaeology of key regions of Asia, including the …

The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

Fossil and archaeological evidence indicates that hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia
occurred throughout the Pleistocene, including the expansion of Homo sapiens populations …

The dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa has been extensively researched across
several disciplines. Here we review the evidence for spatial and temporal variability in lithic …

king an ecological approach to our evolution, Clive In this fresh and provocative view of a
seven-million-year evolutionary journey, Finlayson demonstrates the radical implications for …

This paper has two objectives. Mirak is a major Middle Paleolithic open-air site on the
northern edge of the Iranian Central Desert. Flake-based blank production, an abundance of …

Abstract The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition is often linked with a bio-cultural shift
involving the dispersal of modern humans outside of Africa, the concomitant replacement of …

Kaldar Cave is a key archaeological site that provides evidence of the Middle to Upper
Palaeolithic transition in Iran. Excavations at the site in 2014–2015 led to the discovery of …

CHAPTER ONE Fig. 1.1. Map to show location of region and key Neolithic sites. Fig. 1.2.
Screen shot from IADB. Fig. 1.3. Processing of heavy residue from flotation. Fig. 1.4. Project …

This paper introduces the excavations in several Paleolithic sites in the Khorramabad
Valley, Western Iran. Apart from the two well-known sites of Ghamari Cave and Gar Arjene …