Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

The last decade has seen a significant growth of our knowledge of the Neandertals, a
population of Pleistocene hunter-gatherers who lived in (western) Eurasia between∼ …

At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

We review palaeoenvironmental proxies and combinations of these relevant for
understanding hunter-gatherer niche construction activities in pre-agricultural Europe. Our …

Evidence of care for the ill and injured amongst Neanderthals, inferred through skeletal
evidence for survival from severe illness and injury, is widely accepted. However, healthcare …

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 resilience of Neanderthals towards changing climatic and environmental conditions,
and especially towards severely cold climates in northern regions of central Europe, is still …

The calcareous tufa sequence and associated Palaeolithic site of Caours were discovered
in 2002 during a test‐pit campaign aimed at identifying last interglacial (MIS 5e) archives in …

Abstract Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal populations occupied Eurasia for at least 250,000
years prior to the arrival of anatomically modern humans. While a considerable body of …

Here we present the luminescence chronology for the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of
Khotylevo I, area I-6-2, in Western Russia. Even with a sizable number of such sites …