East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago

Garba, R.; Usyk, V.; Ylä-Mella, L.; Kameník, J.; Stübner, K.; Lachner, J.; Rugel, G.; Veselovský, F.; Gerasimenko, N.; Herries, A. I. R.; Kučera, J.; Knudsen, M. F.; Jansen, J. D.

doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07151-3

Nature

2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07151-3

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East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago

R. Garba,

V. Usyk,

L. Ylä-Mella

et al.

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Evidence for the oldest Middle Palaeolithic cave occupation in the Romanian Carpathians

Schmidt,

Veres,

Murătoreanu

et al. 2024

J Quaternary Science

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The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites in the Carpathians and Danube lowlands constitute key contexts for tracing the dispersal of Homo sapiens into central‐western Europe and the replacement of Homo neanderthalensis. Surprisingly, the Romanian archaeological inventory lacks transitional technologies and only a few sites have been systematically excavated and numerically dated, explaining the incomplete understanding of the Middle Palaeolithic and hence Neanderthal population dynamics. Here we present new age constraints for the Abri 122/1200 and Peștera Mare caves in the Romanian Carpathians, obtained by radiocarbon dating of charcoal and bone and by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of cave sediments. Methodological issues and the method's upper limit cause grossly underestimated radiocarbon ages for charcoal from Abri 122/1200 and provide only minimum ages (>41–60 14C ka bp) for bones from Peștera Mare cave. However, the OSL ages suggest Middle Palaeolithic cave occupation in the Carpathians since early Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 7 and lasting at least until MIS 5. These ages reinforce the vast potential of Carpathian cave sites in solidifying our understanding of Neanderthal dynamics in the region and their habitats. We discuss the reliability of this new chronology and the archaeological implications for the Middle Palaeolithic of neighbouring areas.

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Evidence for the oldest Middle Palaeolithic cave occupation in the Romanian Carpathians

Schmidt,

Veres,

Murătoreanu

et al. 2024

J Quaternary Science

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Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe

Gibert,

Scott,

Deino

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Re-examining the earliest evidence of human presence in western Europe: New dating results from Pirro Nord (Italy)

Duval,

Arnold,

Bahain

et al. 2024

Quaternary Geochronology

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East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago

Cited by 5 publications

References 51 publications

Evidence for the oldest Middle Palaeolithic cave occupation in the Romanian Carpathians

Evidence for the oldest Middle Palaeolithic cave occupation in the Romanian Carpathians

Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe

Re-examining the earliest evidence of human presence in western Europe: New dating results from Pirro Nord (Italy)

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