A view of Neandertal genetic diversity

Krings, Matthias; Capelli, Cristian; Tschentscher, Frank; Geisert, Helga; Meyer, Sonja; Haeseler, Arndt von; Grossschmidt, Karl; Possnert, Göran; Paunović, Maja; Pääbo, Svante

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“…This level recently has been dated by AMS (Ua-13873) to over 42,000 ka  (Krings et al, 2000). The industry of this level at Vindija is characterized by a high frequency of notched and denticulate pieces (36%) as is also the case at Mujina Pećina level B (38%).…”

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ESR and AMS-based 14C Dating of Mousterian Levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia

Rink

Karavanić

Pettitt

et al. 2002

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. This paper presents the first chronometric dates for sediments that contain a Mousterian industry in Dalmatia (south Croatia). Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating was conducted on two teeth from the Mousterian level E1 at the site of Mujina Pećina. Additionally five bone and one charcoal sample from five different strata of origin at this site were dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Assuming 30% moisture for both the gamma and beta dose rate calculations, the mean LU ESR age estimate is 44 5 ka for level E1, which is statistically indistinguishable from the mean EU ESR age estimate of 40 7 ka. A single, uncalibrated 14 C age from the E1/E2 interface yielded an age estimate of 45,170 +2780/ 2060 years  while the mean of the five samples from overlying Mousterian levels is 39 3 ka. The true (calibrated) age of this mean is about 42 ka, which means that the entire stratigraphic profile in Mujina Pećina apparently was very rapidly deposited, and that the ESR age, regardless of uptake model is in good agreement with the calibrated 14 C mean age. Temporally, Mujina Pećina overlaps with Pontinian Mousterian sites in west-central Italy and Vindija level G3 from northwestern Croatia. However, there are notable differences between the Mousterian industry from Mujina Pećina and these other sites. Collectively, the Croatian sites yield important evidence on the adaptation of European Mousterian people.

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“…I n Croatia, the well-known Paleolithic sites of Krapina and Vindija in the Hrvatsko Zagorje (northwestern Croatia) have been chronometrically dated by several methods (Rink et al, 1995;Krings et al, 2000;Smith et al, 1999). However, until recently, no Paleolithic site in southern Croatia (see Figure 1) has been chronometrically dated.…”

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ESR and AMS-based 14C Dating of Mousterian Levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia

Rink

Karavanić

Pettitt

et al. 2002

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…This pattern was interpreted as meaning that there was no or extremely little interbreeding between Neanderthals and their more anatomically modern contemporaries, and that Neanderthals perhaps represent a distinct species from Homo sapiens (Krings et al, 2000;Caramelli et al, 2003;Knight, 2003;Currat and Excoffier, 2004;Serre et al, 2004;Lalueza-Fox et al, 2005). However, there are difficulties with these conclusions.…”

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Haplotype Trees and Modern Human Origins

Templeton

2005

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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“…According to Dennell (2003) around 500 ka hominins also move north into Asia. Combined with the genetic data on Neanderthals (Krings et al, 1997;Krings, 2000) and the Neanderthalisation model with its focus on the development of European endemicity (e.g. Arsuaga et al, 1997;2000;Hublin, 1998), I have interpreted this as suggesting that, from about half a million years ago, Europe saw a continuous occupation byoccasionally very small and rather isolated-groups of hominins (Roebroeks, 2001).…”

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The human colonisation of Europe: where are we?

Roebroeks

2006

J Quaternary Science

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This paper focuses on the earlier parts of the human colonisation of Europe and its wider setting and addresses the two basic tasks of archaeologists working in this field: (1) to identify the spatio-temporal patterns of human presence and absence, i.e. getting the pattern 'right '; (2) to explain these patterns. Archaeologists have invested mostly in the first task, while the second one takes us to the field of biogeography. Study of biogeographical limits of hominins necessitates integration of many aspects of a species, e.g. diet, life history and social organisation, and the way environmental factors shape these. Palaeoanthropologists need to combine these with establishing data on the chronology of hominin presence, on palaeoenvironment and climatic oscillations, on emergence and disappearance of land bridges, and so on. They further have to acknowledge the fact that only very small parts of the former ranges of the species have been sampled 'adequately'. The paper explores some of the key issues at stake in dealing with the human colonisation of Europe.

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A view of Neandertal genetic diversity

Cited by 317 publications

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ESR and AMS-based 14C Dating of Mousterian Levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia

ESR and AMS-based 14C Dating of Mousterian Levels at Mujina Pećina, Dalmatia, Croatia

Haplotype Trees and Modern Human Origins

The human colonisation of Europe: where are we?

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