The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

Hublin, Jean‐Jacques

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“…Claims for modern human remains in "transitional assemblages" remain debated due to both ambiguous features and poor stratigraphic context; for example at Kent's Cavern (ca. 44e41.5 ka, UK, potentially LRJ; Higham et al, 2011 White andPettitt, 2012;Hublin, 2013) and Cavallo Cave (>43 ka; Italy, potentially Uluzzian; Benazzi et al, 2011;Banks et al, 2013a;Hublin, 2015;Zilhão et al, 2015). Therefore, in western Europe the Early and Proto-Aurignacian seem to provide the clearest link with early modern humans (ca.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…As a whole, the processes behind Neanderthal interbreeding and potential assimilation are still poorly understood and still require further palaeogenetic analyses (also see Fu et al, 2015). Furthermore, the large skeletal variability of late Neanderthals and early modern humans makes it hard to securely identify 'mixed' features in the palaeontological record (Hublin and Bailey, 2006;Rougier et al, 2007;Semal et al, 2009;Hublin, 2013). Therefore, at the moment, the hypothesis of a Châtelperronian made by Neanderthals is the most parsimonious one, fitting the current archaeological, biological and genetic evidence, and opening up further questions on the mechanisms behind the development of the Châtelperronian.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…However, roots in the local Mousterian do not contradict the presence of any foreign influence. Recent studies have indicated that early modern human colonisation is not merely associated with the spread of the Aurignacian (Bon, 2002;Teyssandier, 2006Teyssandier, , 2008, but could go back to 50e45 ka Hublin, 2013Hublin, , 2015 and was a complicated process. Recent mitochondrial DNA analyses, for example, indicate the closer relation of the Fumane 2 Proto-Aurignacian fossil to the 45 ka old Ust-Ishim fossil (Benazzi et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Clear fossil associations are sparse (Table 9), and the makers of most of these technocomplexes remain debated (Table 15; for a detailed overview see Hublin, 2013Hublin, , 2015. Early modern human dispersal into Eurasia is indicated by fossil finds at Manot Cave (ca.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…44 and 40 ka (thousands of years) cal BP (J€ oris and Street, 2008;Hublin et al, 2012;Talamo et al, 2012;Hublin, 2013Hublin, , 2015Higham et al, 2014; all radiocarbon ages throughout this paper are expressed in calibrated years before present). During this key period, modern humans also occupied parts of Europe which until then had been populated exclusively by Neanderthals (Hoffecker, 2009;Hublin, 2013Hublin, , 2015Nigst et al, 2014;Benazzi et al, 2015). Originally described as an early phase of the Upper Palaeolithic, the Châtelperronian is characterized by curved, backed, pointed blades (Breuil, 1909) and its links with the local Mousterian have been heavily debated since the early 20th century.…”

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confidence: 99%

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On the local Mousterian origin of the Châtelperronian: Integrating typo-technological, chronostratigraphic and contextual data

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2018

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Europe was the last Old World continent to be inhabited by hominins but was historically where interest in human prehistory originated. European research established the deep biocultural evolution of humans and provided much of the interpretive framework for that evolution. The earliest humans appear to have reached Europe around 1.3 million years ago. Hominin fossils are relatively rare in Europe until the advent of Neandertals, but the pre‐Neandertal record played an important role in early models of later human evolution and is critical for the understanding of pre‐Neandertal taxonomy today. The Neandertal and Upper Paleolithic modern humans are represented by a large fossil record. Although modern humans are late arrivals in Europe (∼ 40 thousand years ago), the pattern of relationships between them and the indigenous Neandertals is central to the understanding of later human evolution and the nature of modern human origin Old World‐wide.

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Diet of upper paleolithic modern humans: Evidence from microwear texture analysis

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This article presents the results of the occlusal molar microwear texture analysis of 32 adult Upper Paleolithic modern humans from a total of 21 European sites dating to marine isotope stages 3 and 2. The occlusal molar microwear textures of these specimens were analyzed with the aim of examining the effects of the climatic, as well as the cultural, changes on the diets of the Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The results of this analysis do not reveal any environmentally driven dietary shifts for the Upper Paleolithic hominins indicating that the climatic and their associated paleoecological changes did not force these humans to significantly alter their diets in order to survive. However, the microwear texture analysis does detect culturally related changes in the Upper Paleolithic humans' diets. Specifically, significant differences in diet were found between the earlier Upper Paleolithic individuals, i.e., those belonging to the Aurignacian and Gravettian contexts, and the later Magdalenian ones, such that the diet of the latter group was more varied and included more abrasive foods compared with those of the former.

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The Makers of the Early Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

Cited by 10 publications

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On the local Mousterian origin of the Châtelperronian: Integrating typo-technological, chronostratigraphic and contextual data

On the local Mousterian origin of the Châtelperronian: Integrating typo-technological, chronostratigraphic and contextual data

European fossil record

Diet of upper paleolithic modern humans: Evidence from microwear texture analysis

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