Archeological evidence for human dispersals around the Mediterranean basin?

Tryon, Christian A.; Metz, Laure

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“…The technical systems, the production objectives, the morphology, and even the morphometry of the sought-after points are strictly identical [1, 5, 6]. In parallel, the function of the points, determined in functional analysis by Laure Metz, shows that the points of Ksar Akil XXV-XX and those of Mandrin E fall strictly within the same functional categories [48-49]. In both cases, they are mainly projectile points used with mechanical propulsions -spearthrower and/or bow.…”

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The Three Waves: Rethinking the Structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

Slimak

2022

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The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion of modern humans into Neandertal territory and the relationships evoked between the Neronian and the Levantine Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) question the validity of concepts that define the first H. sapiens migrations and the very nature of the first Upper Paleolithic in western Eurasia. Direct comparative analyses between lithic technology from Grotte Mandrin and East Mediterranean archeological sequences, especially Ksar Akil, suggest that the three key phases of the earliest Levantine Upper Paleolithic have very precise technical and chronological counterparts in Western Europe, recognized from the Rhône Valley to Franco-Cantabria. These trans-Mediterranean technical connections suggest three distinct waves of H. sapiens expansion into Europe between 55-42 ka. These elements support an original thesis on the origin, structure, and evolution of the first moments of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe tracing parallel archaeological changes in the East Mediterranean region and Europe.

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The Three Waves: Rethinking the Structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

Slimak

2022

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

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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 interactions and what led to the disappearance of archaic hominins. Apart from a possible sporadic pulse recorded in Greece during the Middle Pleistocene, the first settlements of modern humans in Europe have been constrained to ~45,000 to 43,000 years ago. Here, we report hominin fossils from Grotte Mandrin in France that reveal the earliest known presence of modern humans in Europe between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago. This early modern human incursion in the Rhône Valley is associated with technologies unknown in any industry of that age outside Africa or the Levant. Mandrin documents the first alternating occupation of Neanderthals and modern humans, with a modern human fossil and associated Neronian lithic industry found stratigraphically between layers containing Neanderthal remains associated with Mousterian industries.

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Archeological evidence for human dispersals around the Mediterranean basin?

Cited by 2 publications

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The Three Waves: Rethinking the Structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

The Three Waves: Rethinking the Structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

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

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